Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Welsh Language Commissioner
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Zulu language
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3129
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Helô
Thank You
Zikomo
Diolch
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Nos da
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
P'nawn da
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Bore da
Please
Chonde
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
pepani
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
anatsanzikana
Hwyl
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Pepani
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Argentina
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Powys
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Cymraeg
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
gallois
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Welsh people
Origin
15th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Celtic
Branch
Bantu
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Chewa
Welsh
Language Position
2731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
cym
ISO 639 2/B
nya
wel
ISO 639 3
nya
cym
ISO 639 6
nya
cym
Glottocode
nyan1308
wels1247
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional