Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Kannada Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3151
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1835
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Namaskara
Thank You
Zikomo
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
yedde kaande
Please
Chonde
Daya maltadu
Sorry
pepani
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
anatsanzikana
Barpe
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Pepani
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Jain
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Girijan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Tulu
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
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German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Tuluva
Origin
15th Century
14
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Tulu
Language Position
2723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
nya
tul
ISO 639 3
nya
tcy
ISO 639 6
nya
tcy
Glottocode
nyan1308
tulu1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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