Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Zulu language
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3127
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Kaixo
Thank You
Zikomo
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Gabon
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Egun on
Please
Chonde
Mesedez
Sorry
pepani
Barkatu
Bye
anatsanzikana
Agur
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Pepani
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
France
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Souletin
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Euskara
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
basque
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Basque people
Origin
15th Century
c. 1000
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Chewa
Basque
Language Position
2730
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ny
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
eus
ISO 639 2/B
nya
baq
ISO 639 3
nya
eus
ISO 639 6
nya
eus
Glottocode
nyan1308
basq1248
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative