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Chewa and Swedish


Swedish and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.13 %   
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   

History

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   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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