Chewa and Khmer
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Cambodia
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Zulu language
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Zikomo
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ND
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ND
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ND
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
ND
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ND
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
Nyanja
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
khmer central
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
khme1253
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Chewa and Khmer 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 Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Khmer Speaking population
Chewa and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Chewa vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Khmer Language Codes
Chewa and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.