Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Zambia
Yemen
Regulated By
-
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Hello
Thank You
Zikomo
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Chonde
Fadlan
Sorry
pepani
sorry
Bye
anatsanzikana
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Pepani
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
somali
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Somalis
Origin
15th Century
19th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Somali
Language Position
2783
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
som
ISO 639 2/B
nya
som
ISO 639 3
nya
som
ISO 639 6
nya
som
Glottocode
nyan1308
soma1255
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-