Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Zulu language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1841
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Zikomo
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Chonde
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
pepani
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
anatsanzikana
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Doabi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
530
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
pendjabi
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Punjabis
Origin
15th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ny
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
pan
ISO 639 2/B
nya
pan
ISO 639 3
nya
pan
ISO 639 6
nya
panj
Glottocode
nyan1308
panj1256
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional