Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Zulu language
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3138
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1832
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
512
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Zikomo
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Chonde
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
pepani
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
anatsanzikana
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Pepani
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
-
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
52
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
arménien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Armenians
Origin
15th Century
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Chewa
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
hye
ISO 639 2/B
nya
arm
ISO 639 3
nya
hye
ISO 639 6
nya
hye
Glottocode
nyan1308
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic