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Chewa vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Moni   

Thank You
Gracias   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Por Favor   
Chonde   

Sorry
triste   
pepani   

Bye
adiós   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Spanisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Chewa   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
nya   

ISO 639 3
spa   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Spanish and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Chewa language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Chewa Language History.

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Spanish and Chewa Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Chewa language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Chewa Difficulty

The Spanish vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Chewa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.

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