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Chewa and Javanese


Javanese 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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Halo   

Thank You
Zikomo   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
Chonde   
Not Available   

Sorry
pepani   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Indonesia   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Native Name
Nyanja   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
javanais   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
15th Century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indonesian   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Javanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
jav   

ISO 639 3
nya   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
java1253   

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

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Chewa and Javanese Speaking population

Chewa and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Chewa vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Javanese Language Codes

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

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