Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Zulu language
Gujarati
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3164
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1842
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
Zikomo
Meharbani
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Subho Bakhair
Please
Chonde
Mehrbani
Sorry
pepani
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
anatsanzikana
Allah Wahi
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
Pepani
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Lari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Sindhi
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
sindhi
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Sindhi people
Origin
15th Century
711 A.D
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Chewa
Sindhi
Language Position
2750
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
snd
ISO 639 2/B
nya
snd
ISO 639 3
nya
snd
ISO 639 6
nya
snd
Glottocode
nyan1308
sind1272
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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