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Chewa and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Chewa   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
nya   

ISO 639 3
rus   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nyan1308   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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