Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Zulu language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3123
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1819
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks28 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Ola
Thank You
Zikomo
Grazas
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Boas noites
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Boa tarde
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Bos días
Please
Chonde
Por favor
Sorry
pepani
Síntoo!
Bye
anatsanzikana
Adeus
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ámote
Excuse Me
Pepani
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Galego
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Galego, Gallego
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
galicien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Galician people
Origin
15th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Chewa
Galician
Language Position
2746
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
glg
ISO 639 2/B
nya
glg
ISO 639 3
nya
glg
ISO 639 6
nya
glg
Glottocode
nyan1308
gali1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-