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Chewa Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
31
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Moni
3.2 Thank You
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
Chonde
3.9 Sorry
pepani
3.10 Bye
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kasungu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Kimaravi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
12.00 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Nyanja
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Chewa
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ny
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nya
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
nya
7.3 ISO 639 3
nya
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nyan1308
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Chewa language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Chewa language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Chewa language states that it was put to use in 15th Century. The history of Chewa language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Chewa Language History. Chewa has no early forms. Chewa is the standard form of Chewa language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Chewa Language.

Chewa population

Chewa population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Chewa language. Chewa language is spoken by 12.00 million people in the world. Most of the Chewa population lies in the Chewa Speaking Countries. Chewa language is spoken as first language by 12.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Chewa as second language. Get to know Chewa speaking population in detail.

Chewa writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Chewa writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Chewa language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Chewa language. Learn more about . 

Information about Chewa language

Check out all the information about Chewa language here. You may find it interesting to learn Chewa Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Chewa Speaking Countries, Chewa speaking continents and Chewa Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Chewa countries knowing common Chewa Greetings will help you in communicating with Chewa people.

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