Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Zambia
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Zulu language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3121
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1816
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
ete-sen
Thank You
Zikomo
meda ase
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
maadwo
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
maaha
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
maakye
Please
Chonde
wae
Sorry
pepani
Kafra
Bye
anatsanzikana
bye
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Pepani
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Asante
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Fante
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Akan
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Twi, Fante
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
akan
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Akan people
Origin
15th Century
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Akan
Language Position
27104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ny
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
aka
ISO 639 2/B
nya
aka
ISO 639 3
nya
aka
ISO 639 6
nya
aka
Glottocode
nyan1308
akan1251
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-