Norwegian and Chewa
Countries
Norway
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Norway
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Zambia
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
god natt
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
god kveld
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Masana abwino
Good Morning
god morgen
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Vær så snill
Chonde
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Pepani
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Sogn
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Malawi, Zambia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Norsk
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Nynorsk
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Chewa people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
norw1258
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Chewa Speaking population
Norwegian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Chewa on Norwegian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Chewa Language Codes
Norwegian and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.