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Chewa and Malayalam


Malayalam and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
18   
8
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Chonde   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
pepani   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Israel, kerala   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
Nyanja   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
malayalam   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
15th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
mal   

ISO 639 3
nya   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
mala1464   

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   
Synthetic   

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

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Chewa and Malayalam Speaking population

Chewa and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Chewa vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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