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Sindhi and Chewa


Chewa and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh   
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Gujarati   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64   
37
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
42   
31
18   
8

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum   
Moni   

Thank You
Meharbani   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
tava kia aayo   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Mehrbani   
Chonde   

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe   
pepani   

Bye
Allah Wahi   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Vicholi   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Central Sindh   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Lari   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million   
37
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.39 %   
34
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Nyanja   

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

French Name
sindhi   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
711 A.D   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sindhi   
Chewa   

Language Position
50   
37
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sd   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
snd   
nya   

ISO 639 3
snd   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sind1272   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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 Sindhi 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 Sindhi and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sindhi and Chewa Speaking population

Sindhi and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Chewa on Sindhi vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Chewa Language Codes

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

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