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Chewa and Russian


Russian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Chonde   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
pepani   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Nyanja   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Russki   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
russe   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Russians   

History

Origin
15th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
rus   

ISO 639 3
nya   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Chewa and Russian Speaking population

Chewa and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Chewa vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Russian Language Codes

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

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