Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Moni
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
sorry
  
pepani
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Western
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Chewa Speaking population
Dutch and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Chewa on Dutch vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Chewa Language Codes
Dutch and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.