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Chewa and Serbian


Serbian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Chonde   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
pepani   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

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

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
serbe   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Serbs   

History

Origin
15th Century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
srp   

ISO 639 3
nya   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
serb1264   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Chewa and Serbian Speaking population

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

Chewa and Serbian Language Codes

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

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