Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3143
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1834
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Zikomo
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Chonde
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
pepani
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
anatsanzikana
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Pepani
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
513
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
bhojpuri
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
15th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2737
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
bho
ISO 639 2/B
nya
bho
ISO 639 3
nya
bho
ISO 639 6
nya
bho
Glottocode
nyan1308
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-