Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
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
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moni
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
Chonde
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Upper Sindh
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Central Sindh
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
29.00 million
  
37
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Sindhi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
sind1272
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Sindhi Speaking population
Chewa and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Chewa vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Sindhi Language Codes
Chewa and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.