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Chewa vs Turkish


Turkish vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Zikomo  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
günaydın  

Please
Chonde  
lütfen  

Sorry
pepani  
üzgünüm  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Nyanja  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
turc  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
15th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
Not Available  
19  
17

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
tur  

ISO 639 3
nya  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Chewa and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Turkish language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Chewa vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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