Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
Chonde
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
15th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Tulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Chewa and Tulu 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 Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Tulu Speaking population
Chewa and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu 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 Tulu on Chewa vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Tulu Language Codes
Chewa and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.