Chewa and Nepali
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Nepal
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Zulu language
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Moni
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Zikomo
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Good afternoon
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
pepani
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
anatsanzikana
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Pepani
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
népalais
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
15th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Chewa
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
nepa1254
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Chewa and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Nepali Speaking population
Chewa and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Chewa vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Nepali Language Codes
Chewa and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.