Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Zulu language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1827
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Zikomo
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Chonde
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
pepani
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
anatsanzikana
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Laos
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Laos
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
lao
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Lao people
Origin
15th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tai
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Lao
Language Position
2743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
lao
ISO 639 2/B
nya
lao
ISO 639 3
nya
lao
ISO 639 6
nya
lao
Glottocode
nyan1308
laoo1244
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating