Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Zulu language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3162
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1860
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Zikomo
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Chonde
амритана
Sorry
pepani
Амарахь
Bye
anatsanzikana
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
-
Excuse Me
Pepani
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
abkhaze
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Abkhaz people
Origin
15th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Abkhaz
Language Position
2728
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
abk
ISO 639 2/B
nya
abk
ISO 639 3
nya
abk
ISO 639 6
nya
abks
Glottocode
nyan1308
abkh1244
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative