Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Zulu language
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3129
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1824
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Salom
Thank You
Zikomo
Rakhmat
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Qalay siz?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Hayirli tun
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Hayirli kech
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Hayirli kun
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Hayirli tong
Please
Chonde
Iltimos
Sorry
pepani
Kechiring!
Bye
anatsanzikana
Xayr
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Sizni sevaman
Excuse Me
Pepani
Iltimos! Menga qarang
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Tashkent
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0032,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Afghan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0032,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Ferghana
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0032,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million26.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million32.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
ouszbek
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[oʻzbek]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Uzbek
Origin
15th Century
9th–12th centuries AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Southestern(Chagatai)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Chagatay
Standard Forms
Chewa
Uzbek
Language Position
2753
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Uzbek
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ny
uz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
uzb
ISO 639 2/B
nya
uzb
ISO 639 3
nya
uzb
ISO 639 6
nya
uzb
Glottocode
nyan1308
uzbe1247
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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