Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Zambia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Zulu language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1817
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
hallo
Thank You
Zikomo
Dankie
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
goeie nag
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Goeie middag
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
goeie more
Please
Chonde
asseblief
Sorry
pepani
jammer
Bye
anatsanzikana
Totsiens
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Pepani
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Cape Dutch
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
afrikaans
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Afrikaners
Origin
15th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
afr
ISO 639 2/B
nya
afr
ISO 639 3
nya
afr
ISO 639 6
nya
afrs
Glottocode
nyan1308
afri1274
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic