Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Zulu language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3121
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1816
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Hoy
Thank You
Zikomo
Salamat
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Maayong Buntag
Please
Chonde
Palihug
Sorry
pepani
Ikasubo ko
Bye
anatsanzikana
Babay
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Pepani
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Boholano
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bohol
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
North Kana
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Visayan
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
cebuano
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Cebuano people
Origin
15th Century
16th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
2762
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
nya
ceb
ISO 639 3
nya
ceb
ISO 639 6
nya
ceb
Glottocode
nyan1308
cebu1242
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-