Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Czech Language
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Zulu language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3142
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
532
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1832
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
ahoj
Thank You
Zikomo
děkuji
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Jak se máš?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
dobrou noc
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
dobré ráno
Please
Chonde
prosím
Sorry
pepani
litovat
Bye
anatsanzikana
sbohem
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
Pepani
promiňte
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Chod
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Lach
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Moravian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
513
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
tchèque
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Czechs
Origin
15th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Czech
Language Position
2773
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ces
ISO 639 2/B
nya
cze
ISO 639 3
nya
ces
ISO 639 6
nya
ces
Glottocode
nyan1308
czec1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic