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Chewa and Mongolian


Mongolian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
China, Mongolia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
13   
10

How Many Consonants
18   
8
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

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   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
Chonde   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
pepani   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Mongolia   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Not Available   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
mongol   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15th Century   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Mongolian   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
mon   

ISO 639 3
nya   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Chewa and Mongolian Speaking population

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

Chewa and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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