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Gujarati and Chewa


Chewa and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Zambia   

Regulated By
NA   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
18   
8

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Moni   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
Chonde   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
pepani   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
goudjrati   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
15   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Chewa   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
nya   

ISO 639 3
guj   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Gujarati and Chewa Speaking population

Gujarati and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Chewa on Gujarati vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Chewa Language Codes

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

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