Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Zulu language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3149
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1835
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Zikomo
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Chonde
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
pepani
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
anatsanzikana
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Badaga
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Urali
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
kerala
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
kannada
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Kannadiga
Origin
15th Century
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
kan
ISO 639 2/B
nya
kan
ISO 639 3
nya
kan
ISO 639 6
nya
kan
Glottocode
nyan1308
nucl1305
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-