Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Zulu language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1819
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Bwakeye
Thank You
Zikomo
Urakoze
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Mwaramutse
Please
Chonde
Ndagusavye
Sorry
pepani
Ndasubiza
Bye
anatsanzikana
N’agasaga
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Pepani
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Ha
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Shubi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
rundi
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
15th Century
1500
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Kirundi
Language Position
2786
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ny
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
run
ISO 639 2/B
nya
run
ISO 639 3
nya
run
ISO 639 6
nya
run
Glottocode
nyan1308
rund1242
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
-
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