Santali and Chewa
Countries
India
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Munda Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
Zikomo
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Not Available
Chonde
Sorry
Not Available
pepani
Bye
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anatsanzikana
I Love You
Not Available
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Not Available
Pepani
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Not present
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Not present
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
santal
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Santali
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Chewa people
Origin
20th century
15th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Chewa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Santali 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 Santali and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Santali and Chewa Speaking population
Santali and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali and Chewa on Santali vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Chewa Language Codes
Santali and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.