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Chewa and Norwegian


Norwegian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
hallo  

Thank You
Zikomo  
takk  

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  

Sorry
pepani  
unnskyld  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
ha det  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
Norsk  

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  

History

Origin
15th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Germanic  

Branch
Bantu  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
nor  

ISO 639 3
nya  
nor  

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  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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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.

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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.

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