Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
-
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Zulu language
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1819
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
57
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Halo
Thank You
Zikomo
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Selamat Pagi
Please
Chonde
mohon Untuk
Sorry
pepani
maaf
Bye
anatsanzikana
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Pepani
Permisi
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Balinese
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
546
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million140.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
indonésien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Indonesians
Origin
15th Century
7th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Chewa
Indonesian
Language Position
2756
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ind
ISO 639 2/B
nya
ind
ISO 639 3
nya
ind
ISO 639 6
nya
ind
Glottocode
nyan1308
indo1316
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative