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Chewa and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Moni   

Thank You
Merci   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Chonde   

Sorry
désolé   
pepani   

Bye
au revoir   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Français   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
français   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Französisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Chewa   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
nya   

ISO 639 3
fra   
nya   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All French 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 French and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of French and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Chewa Speaking population

French and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of French and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Chewa on French vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Chewa Language Codes

French and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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