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Javanese and Chewa


Chewa and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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  
Not Available  

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Moni  

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
12.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
450 AD  
15th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Chewa  

Language Position
11  
10
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
nya  

ISO 639 3
jav  
nya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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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.

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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.

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