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Chewa and Marwari


Marwari and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Nepal, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
khammaghani   

Thank You
Zikomo   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Shubh Havar   

Please
Chonde   
kirpa   

Sorry
pepani   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
bye   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
14.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
Marwari   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
marvari   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
15th Century   
16   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Marwari   

Language Position
Not Available   
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
nya   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
raja1256   

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

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Chewa and Marwari Speaking population

Chewa and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Chewa vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Marwari Language Codes

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

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