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Chewa and Khasi


Khasi and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Kumno  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
khublei  

Please
Chonde  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
pepani  
Map  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
khublei  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
khasi  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
15th Century  
Not Available  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Khasi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
kha  

ISO 639 3
nya  
kha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Chewa and Khasi Speaking population

Chewa and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Khasi on Chewa vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Khasi Language Codes

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

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