Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
hej
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
god morgon
  
Please
Chonde
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
pepani
  
ledsen
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
suédois
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
15th Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Swedish Speaking population
Chewa and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Chewa vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Swedish Language Codes
Chewa and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.