Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3151
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1840
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Zikomo
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Chonde
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
pepani
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
anatsanzikana
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Pepani
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Chakma
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Hajong
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
525
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
bengali
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
15th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Chewa
Bengali
Language Position
274
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ben
ISO 639 2/B
nya
ben
ISO 639 3
nya
ben
ISO 639 6
nya
ben
Glottocode
nyan1308
beng1280
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-