Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
-
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Zulu language
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
532
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1844
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Zikomo
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
Chonde
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
pepani
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
anatsanzikana
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Isan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Isan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
59
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
thaï
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
15th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tai
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Chewa
Thai
Language Position
2747
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
tha
ISO 639 2/B
nya
tha
ISO 639 3
nya
tha
ISO 639 6
nya
tha
Glottocode
nyan1308
thai1261
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating