Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
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Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Zulu language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3148
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1836
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks42 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Ke aal aee
Thank You
Zikomo
dhanwaad
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
shub ratri
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
su prabat
Please
Chonde
kripya
Sorry
pepani
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
anatsanzikana
changa ji pher
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
Pepani
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Kullu
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million4.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
dogri
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Dogri
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Dogras
Origin
15th Century
1971
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Dogri
Language Position
2732
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ny
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
doi
ISO 639 2/B
nya
doi
ISO 639 3
nya
doi
ISO 639 6
nya
doi
Glottocode
nyan1308
indo1311
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
59-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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