Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
North America
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Zulu language
Apache Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3136
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1834
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
Zikomo
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
Chonde
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
pepani
Nízhdził
Bye
anatsanzikana
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Pepani
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Arizona
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Utah
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.17 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Navaho
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
navaho
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Navajo people
Origin
15th Century
1500 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Athapascan
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Navajo
Language Position
2729
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
nav
ISO 639 2/B
nya
nav
ISO 639 3
nya
nav
ISO 639 6
nya
nav
Glottocode
nyan1308
nava1243
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic