Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Zulu language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3152
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1836
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks4 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Zikomo
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Chonde
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
pepani
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
anatsanzikana
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Pepani
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kokan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
542
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
marathe
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Marathi people
Origin
15th Century
10th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Chewa
Marathi
Language Position
2717
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mar
ISO 639 2/B
nya
mar
ISO 639 3
nya
mar
ISO 639 6
nya
mar
Glottocode
nyan1308
mara1378
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-