Chewa and Sanskrit
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Zulu language
Old German Language
Derived From
Not Available
Prakrit 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
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Zikomo
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Chonde
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
pepani
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
anatsanzikana
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Pepani
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Not present
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Not present
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Not present
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Not Available
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
sanskrit
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Not Available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Not Available
Origin
15th Century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Chewa
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
sans1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Chewa and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Sanskrit Speaking population
Chewa and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit on Chewa vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Sanskrit Language Codes
Chewa and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.