Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3118
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1813
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Zikomo
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Chonde
le do thoil
Sorry
pepani
Tá brón orm
Bye
anatsanzikana
Slán
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Pepani
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Connacht
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Munster
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ulster
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
irlandais moyen
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Irish people
Origin
15th Century
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Celtic
Branch
Bantu
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Chewa
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2725
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
gle
ISO 639 2/B
nya
gle
ISO 639 3
nya
gle
ISO 639 6
nya
gle
Glottocode
nyan1308
iris1253
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional