Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
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 in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million
  
37
12.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.