Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3131
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1826
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Zikomo
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Chonde
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
pepani
жал (žal)
Bye
anatsanzikana
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Pepani
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Debar
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
528
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
macédonien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Macedonians
Origin
15th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Macedonian
Language Position
2745
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
nya
mac
ISO 639 3
nya
mkd
ISO 639 6
nya
mkd
Glottocode
nyan1308
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic