Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Wales
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Bore da
  
Please
Chonde
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
gallois
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
15th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Chewa and Welsh 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 Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Welsh Speaking population
Chewa and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh 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 Welsh on Chewa vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Welsh Language Codes
Chewa and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.