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Swedish and Chewa


Chewa and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
Moni   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
godnatt   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
god morgon   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
vänligen   
Chonde   

Sorry
ledsen   
pepani   

Bye
hej då   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
France   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
suédois   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
13th Century   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Chewa   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
nya   

ISO 639 3
swe   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Swedish 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 Swedish and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Chewa Speaking population

Swedish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Chewa on Swedish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Chewa Language Codes

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

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