Khmer and Chewa
Countries
Cambodia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
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
Australia, France, United States of America
Zambia
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Lao Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Zikomo
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
ND
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
ND
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
ND
Masana abwino
Good Morning
ND
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
ND
Ndimakukondani
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
khmer central
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
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Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Chewa people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Chewa
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
khme1253
nyan1308
Linguasphere
Not Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Khmer 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 Khmer and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Chewa Speaking population
Khmer and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % 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 Khmer and Chewa on Khmer vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Chewa Language Codes
Khmer and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.