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Chewa and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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.
  
  • 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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
18   
8
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

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   

History

Origin
15th Century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
san   

ISO 639 3
nya   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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