Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Zambia
Palau
Regulated By
-
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Zulu language
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3199
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1814
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Zikomo
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Chonde
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
pepani
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
anatsanzikana
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Pepani
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Hakata
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Kansai
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
kansai
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
531
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
日本語
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Nihongo
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
japonais
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
15th Century
1185
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Chewa
Japanese
Language Position
278
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
nya
jpn
ISO 639 3
nya
jpn
ISO 639 6
nya
jpn
Glottocode
nyan1308
nucl1643
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic