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Macedonian and Chewa


Chewa and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
26   
16
18   
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Moni   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Chonde   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
pepani   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
macédonien   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Chewa   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
nya   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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

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Macedonian and Chewa Speaking population

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

Macedonian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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