Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Rajastan, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Nepal, Pakistan
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Zulu language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
-
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3142
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1832
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
khammaghani
Thank You
Zikomo
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
shubh raatri
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Shubh Havar
Please
Chonde
kirpa
Sorry
pepani
Maaf Karo
Bye
anatsanzikana
bye
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
Pepani
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Jogi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Bagri
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million14.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Marwari
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
marvari
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Marwari
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
15th Century
16
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Marwari
Language Position
2772
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
nya
mwr
ISO 639 3
nya
mwr
ISO 639 6
nya
mwr
Glottocode
nyan1308
raja1256
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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