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Chewa and Indonesian


Indonesian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Halo   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Chonde   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
pepani   
maaf   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Nyanja   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
indonésien   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
15th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indonesian   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
ind   

ISO 639 3
nya   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Chewa and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chewa and Indonesian Speaking population

Chewa and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Chewa vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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