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Mongolian and Chewa


Chewa and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
China, Mongolia   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35   
17
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
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
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
Moni   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
Chonde   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
pepani   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
mongol   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
15th Century   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Chewa   

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
nya   

ISO 639 3
mon   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Mongolian and Chewa Speaking population

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

Mongolian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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