Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
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Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Zulu language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3123
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1814
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Kumno
Thank You
Zikomo
Khublei
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
thia sukh
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
khublei
Please
Chonde
Sngewbha
Sorry
pepani
Map
Bye
anatsanzikana
khublei
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Pepani
map a nga
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million0.84 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.84 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
khasi
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Khasi people
Origin
15th Century
1200 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Khasi
Language Position
2740
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
kha
ISO 639 2/B
nya
kha
ISO 639 3
nya
kha
ISO 639 6
nya
kha
Glottocode
nyan1308
khas1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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