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Chewa and Hindi


Hindi and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Central Hindi Directorate   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hindi.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
18   
8
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
Chonde   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
pepani   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
Nyanja   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
hindi   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
15th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
Not Available   
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
hin   

ISO 639 3
nya   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Chewa and Hindi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chewa and Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chewa and Hindi Speaking population

Chewa and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chewa and Hindi on Chewa vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Hindi Language Codes

Chewa and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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