Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Zulu language
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3124
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1817
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Zikomo
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Chonde
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
pepani
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
anatsanzikana
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Pepani
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Greece
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Griko
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Italy
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
525
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
15th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Hellenic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Greek
Language Position
2774
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ell
ISO 639 2/B
nya
gre
ISO 639 3
nya
ell
ISO 639 6
nya
ells
Glottocode
nyan1308
gree1276
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic