Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
India
Regulated By
-
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Zulu language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3195
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1830
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Zikomo
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Chonde
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
pepani
Tsip maza
Bye
anatsanzikana
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Pepani
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Laya
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Lunana
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Adap
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
dzongkha
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Ngalop people
Origin
15th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Dzongkha
Language Position
2731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
nya
dzo
ISO 639 3
nya
dzo
ISO 639 6
nya
dzo
Glottocode
nyan1308
nucl1307
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-