Javanese and Chewa
Countries
Indonesia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Zambia
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
matur nuwun
Zikomo
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Not Available
Chonde
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
pepani
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Pepani
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Arekan
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
basa Jawa
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
javanais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Javanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Chewa people
Origin
450 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
java1253
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Chewa Speaking population
Javanese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Chewa on Javanese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Chewa Language Codes
Javanese and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.