Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Poland
Regulated By
-
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3122
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
50
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1822
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Zikomo
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Chonde
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
pepani
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
anatsanzikana
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Pepani
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Israel
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Israel
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
57
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
hébreu
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
15th Century
1000 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
2723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
heb
ISO 639 2/B
nya
heb
ISO 639 3
nya
heb
ISO 639 6
nya
heb
Glottocode
nyan1308
hebr1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic