Countries
Myanmar
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Zambia
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Thai Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3318
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
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
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Moni
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Zikomo
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Chonde
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
pepani
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
440,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Burma
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
90,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
birman
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Birmanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Chewa people
Origin
1113 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Chewa
Language Position
4327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
nya
ISO 639 2/B
bur
nya
ISO 639 3
mya
nya
ISO 639 6
mya
nya
Glottocode
sout3159
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
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, Isolating
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