Chewa and Norwegian
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Norway
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Zambia
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Not Available
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Zulu language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
god natt
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
god morgen
Please
Chonde
Vær så snill
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Pepani
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Sogn
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Norsk
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Norwegians
Origin
15th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Chewa
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
norw1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Chewa and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Norwegian Speaking population
Chewa and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Chewa vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Norwegian Language Codes
Chewa and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.