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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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