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Welsh and Chewa


Chewa and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Moni   

Thank You
Diolch   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Bore da   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Chonde   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
pepani   

Bye
Hwyl   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Nyanja   

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

French Name
gallois   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Brythonic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Chewa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
nya   

ISO 639 3
cym   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Welsh and Chewa Speaking population

Welsh and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available 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 Welsh and Chewa on Welsh vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Chewa Language Codes

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

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