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Chewa and Oriya


Oriya and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

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   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
18   
8
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
Chonde   
Not Available   

Sorry
pepani   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
Nyanja   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
oriya   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Odias   

History

Origin
15th Century   
3 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
Not Available   
32   
26

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
ori   

ISO 639 3
nya   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
No data available   

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

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Chewa and Oriya Speaking population

Chewa and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Chewa vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Oriya Language Codes

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

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