Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Indonesia
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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Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Zulu language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3133
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1816
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks40 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Halo
Thank You
Zikomo
Nuhun
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Chonde
Mangga
Sorry
pepani
Hapunten
Bye
anatsanzikana
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Pepani
Punten
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Banten
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bogor
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bandung
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
soundanais
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
15th Century
5th century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Sundanese
Language Position
2742
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
sun
ISO 639 2/B
nya
sun
ISO 639 3
nya
sun
ISO 639 6
nya
sun
Glottocode
nyan1308
sund1251
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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