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Chewa and Urdu


Urdu and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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