Finnish and Chewa
Countries
European Union, Finland
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Zambia
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Finland
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Rauma
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Suomi
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
finnois
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Finnisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Chewa people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
finn1318
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
All Finnish 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 Finnish and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Chewa Speaking population
Finnish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Chewa on Finnish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Chewa Language Codes
Finnish and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.