Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3148
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1839
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
dobry dzień
Thank You
Zikomo
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Dabranač
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
dobry dzień
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Chonde
Kali laska
Sorry
pepani
Vybačajcie
Bye
anatsanzikana
da pabačennia
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Pepani
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Kasungu
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
biélorusse
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Belarusians
Origin
15th Century
18th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Chewa
Belarusian
Language Position
2779
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
bel
ISO 639 2/B
nya
bel
ISO 639 3
nya
bel
ISO 639 6
nya
bel
Glottocode
nyan1308
bela1254
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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