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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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