Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
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University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1825
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Zdravo
Thank You
Zikomo
Hvala
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kako si?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Laku noc
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Dobar dan
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Dobro jutro
Please
Chonde
molim vas
Sorry
pepani
Oprostite
Bye
anatsanzikana
Zbogom
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Volim te
Excuse Me
Pepani
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
bosniaque
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Bosniaks
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
Bosnian
Language Position
2724
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
bos
ISO 639 2/B
nya
bos
ISO 639 3
nya
bos
ISO 639 6
nya
boss
Glottocode
nyan1308
bosn1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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