Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Iran
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
-
Speaking Continents
Africa
Antartica
Minority Language
Zambia
-
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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
Similar To
Zulu language
Persian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3145
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1840
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks25 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
hello
Thank You
Zikomo
Thank you
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
how are you
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Good night
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Good evening
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Good afternoon
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Good morning
Please
Chonde
Please
Sorry
pepani
sorry
Bye
anatsanzikana
bye
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
i love you
Excuse Me
Pepani
excuse me
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Feyli lurish
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Bakhtiari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Iran
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Laki
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Iran
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million0.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million89.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
nanme
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Lori, Luri, Luristani
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
louri
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
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Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Lurs
Origin
15th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
gd
Standard Forms
Chewa
gd
Language Position
2723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ny
12
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
lrc
ISO 639 2/B
nya
lrc
ISO 639 3
nya
12
ISO 639 6
nya
lrc
Glottocode
nyan1308
12
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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