Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Zulu language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1824
9
60
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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
Hai
Thank You
Zikomo
terima kasih
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Selamat pagi
Please
Chonde
sila
Sorry
pepani
maaf
Bye
anatsanzikana
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Pepani
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Pekal
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Musi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
524
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
malais
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Malaysian people
Origin
15th Century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Chewa
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2754
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
msa
ISO 639 2/B
nya
may
ISO 639 3
nya
zsm
ISO 639 6
nya
may
Glottocode
nyan1308
stan1306
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative