Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Lithuania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Poland
Regulated By
-
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Zulu language
Latvian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Sveiki
Thank You
Zikomo
Ačiū
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Labanakt
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Laba diena
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Labas rytas
Please
Chonde
Prašom
Sorry
pepani
atsiprašau
Bye
anatsanzikana
Ate
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Pepani
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Curonian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
510
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
lituanien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Lithuanians
Origin
15th Century
c. 1503
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Lithuanian
Language Position
2744
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
lit
ISO 639 2/B
nya
lit
ISO 639 3
nya
lit
ISO 639 6
nya
lit
Glottocode
nyan1308
lith1251
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic