Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Zambia
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Zulu language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1843
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Molo
Thank You
Zikomo
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Unjani
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Molo
Please
Chonde
Ndicela
Sorry
pepani
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
anatsanzikana
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Pepani
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Thembu
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
59
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
xhosa
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
15th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
Branch
Bantu
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
isiXhosa
Language Position
2721
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
xho
ISO 639 2/B
nya
xho
ISO 639 3
nya
xho
ISO 639 6
nya
xho
Glottocode
nyan1308
xhos1239
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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