Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
-
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Zulu language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1823
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Zikomo
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Chonde
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
pepani
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
anatsanzikana
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Pepani
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Wu
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Yue
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
510
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
chinois
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Han
Origin
15th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Chinese
Language Position
271
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
zho
ISO 639 2/B
nya
chi
ISO 639 3
nya
zho
ISO 639 6
nya
zho
Glottocode
nyan1308
sini1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating