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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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