Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Zulu language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
517
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1827
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Zikomo
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Hach ch'i
Please
Chonde
مهربانی کر
Sorry
pepani
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
anatsanzikana
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Pepani
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Poguli
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Rambani
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
kashmiri
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
15th Century
12th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Kashmiri
Language Position
2723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
kas
ISO 639 2/B
nya
kas
ISO 639 3
nya
kas
ISO 639 6
nya
kas
Glottocode
nyan1308
kash1277
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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