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Chewa vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

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.
  
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Salama!  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Maraina tsara  

Please
Chonde  
azafady  

Sorry
pepani  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Native Name
Nyanja  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
malgache  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Austronesian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
Not Available  
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
nya  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Object-Subject  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Chewa and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Malagasy language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chewa and Malagasy Language History.

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Chewa and Malagasy Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chewa and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Malagasy language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Chewa vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Malagasy Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chewa and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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