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Urdu and Chewa


Chewa and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Pakistan  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Zambia  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Moni  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Chonde  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
pepani  

Bye
الوداع  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
India  
Malawi, Zambia  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Malawi, Zambia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
ourdou  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Urdu  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Chewa  

Language Position
20  
18
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
nya  

ISO 639 3
urd  
nya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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

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Urdu and Chewa Speaking population

Urdu and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Chewa on Urdu vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Chewa Language Codes

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

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