Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Zulu language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3137
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1846
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Mhoro
Thank You
Zikomo
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Masikati
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Mangwanani
Please
Chonde
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
pepani
Ndineurombo
Bye
anatsanzikana
bye
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Pepani
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Karanga
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
chiShona
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
shona
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Shona people
Origin
15th Century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
Branch
Bantu
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Shona
Language Position
27107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
sna
ISO 639 2/B
nya
sna
ISO 639 3
nya
sna
ISO 639 6
nya
sna
Glottocode
nyan1308
core1255
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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