Countries
South Africa
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1718
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Moni
Thank You
Dankie
Zikomo
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
goeie nag
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Masana abwino
Good Morning
goeie more
M'mawa wabwino
Please
asseblief
Chonde
Sorry
jammer
pepani
Bye
Totsiens
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Pepani
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kasungu
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
afrikaans
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Afrikaans
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Chewa people
Origin
17th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Chewa
Language Position
2327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
nya
ISO 639 2/B
afr
nya
ISO 639 3
afr
nya
ISO 639 6
afrs
nya
Glottocode
afri1274
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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