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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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