Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Moni
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Zikomo
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Chonde
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pepani
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
anatsanzikana
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
birman
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Bamar people
Origin
15th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Chewa and Burmese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chewa and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Burmese Speaking population
Chewa and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chewa and Burmese on Chewa vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Burmese Language Codes
Chewa and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.