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Chewa and Tulu


Tulu and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
18   
8
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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