Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Chonde
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
pepani
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Nyanja
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Bihari
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Chewa and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Urdu Speaking population
Chewa and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Chewa vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Urdu Language Codes
Chewa and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.