Chewa and Javanese
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Indonesia
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
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Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
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
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)
Origin
15th Century
450 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Javanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
java1253
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.
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.