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Malayalam and Chewa


Chewa and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
18   
8

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Moni   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Chonde   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
pepani   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
India   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
malayalam   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Malayalam   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
15th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Chewa   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
nya   

ISO 639 3
mal   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
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
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Malayalam and Chewa Speaking population

Malayalam and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Chewa on Malayalam vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Chewa Language Codes

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

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