Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Māori Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Zulu language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3120
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1810
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Hello
Thank You
Zikomo
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Night pai
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Morning pai
Please
Chonde
Tēnā
Sorry
pepani
Aroha mai
Bye
anatsanzikana
poroporoaki
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Pepani
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Kasungu
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
New Zealand Maori
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
maori
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Māori people
Origin
15th Century
1814
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Polynesian
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Maori
Language Position
2726
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mri
ISO 639 2/B
nya
mao
ISO 639 3
nya
mri
ISO 639 6
nya
mri
Glottocode
nyan1308
maor1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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