Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Zulu language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1831
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Selam
Thank You
Zikomo
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Chonde
i'bakwon
Sorry
pepani
aznallehu
Bye
anatsanzikana
tschao
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Pepani
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Gondar
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Showa
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Nyanja
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
amharique
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Amharas
Origin
15th Century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Chewa
Amharic
Language Position
2755
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
amh
ISO 639 2/B
nya
amh
ISO 639 3
nya
amh
ISO 639 6
nya
amh
Glottocode
nyan1308
amha1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional