Chinese and Chewa
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Taiwan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Zambia
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
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Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Zikomo
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
M'mawa wabwino
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kasungu
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
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Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
chinois
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Chinesisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han
Chewa people
Origin
1250 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Chewa
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
nyan1308
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese and Chewa Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Chewa Speaking population
Chinese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Chewa on Chinese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Chewa Language Codes
Chinese and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.