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Khasi and Chewa


Chewa and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
18  
8

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Moni  

Thank You
Khublei  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
khublei  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Sngewbha  
Chonde  

Sorry
Map  
pepani  

Bye
khublei  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Malawi, Zambia  

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Malawi, Zambia  

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Malawi, Zambia  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
khasi  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
Not Available  
15th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Chewa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
nya  

ISO 639 3
kha  
nya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khas1269  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Khasi and Chewa Speaking population

Khasi and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available 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 Khasi and Chewa on Khasi vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Chewa Language Codes

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

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