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Turkish vs Chewa


Chewa vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Moni  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
günaydın  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
lütfen  
Chonde  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
pepani  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Türkçe  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
turc  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Türkisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
15th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Chewa  

Language Position
19  
17
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
nya  

ISO 639 3
tur  
nya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Turkish and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Chewa language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Chewa Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Chewa language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Chewa Difficulty

The Turkish vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.

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