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Chewa and Macedonian


Macedonian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Chonde   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
pepani   
жал (žal)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
macédonien   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
15th Century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
mac   

ISO 639 3
nya   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Chewa and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Chewa and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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