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Chewa vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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 most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Hai  

Thank You
Zikomo  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Chonde  
sila  

Sorry
pepani  
maaf  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Nyanja  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Not Available  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
malais  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
15th Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
Not Available  
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
may  

ISO 639 3
nya  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Chewa and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Malaysian language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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Chewa and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Malaysian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Chewa vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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