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German and Chewa


Chewa and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Moni   

Thank You
Danke   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
bitte   
Chonde   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
pepani   

Bye
Tschüs   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
allemand   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Deutsch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Chewa   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
nya   

ISO 639 3
deu   
nya   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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German and Chewa Speaking population

German and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of German and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Chewa on German vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Chewa Language Codes

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

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