Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Russia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Zambia
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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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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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Moni
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Chonde
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
pepani
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Olonets
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Malawi, Zambia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Russki
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
russe
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Russisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Chewa people
Origin
1000 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Chewa
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Russian 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 Russian and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Chewa Speaking population
Russian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Chewa on Russian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Chewa Language Codes
Russian and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.