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Chewa vs Marwari


Marwari vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Rajastan, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Nepal, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
18  
8
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
khammaghani  

Thank You
Zikomo  
dhanyavaad  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Kikan ho sa?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Shubh Havar  

Please
Chonde  
kirpa  

Sorry
pepani  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
bye  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
India  

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
India  

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
22.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
Marwari  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
marvari  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
15th Century  
16  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Marwari  

Language Position
Not Available  
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
nya  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
raja1256  

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  
Not Available  

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Chewa and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Marwari language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Marwari Language History.

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

Chewa vs Marwari Difficulty

The Chewa vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Marwari 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 Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.

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