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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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