Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Zambia
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Zulu language
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3129
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Bonjou
Thank You
Zikomo
Mèsi
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Bon apre-midi
Please
Chonde
Souple
Sorry
pepani
Dezole
Bye
anatsanzikana
Babay
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Pepani
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Cayes
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Haitians
Origin
15th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Haitian Creole
Language Position
2799
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
hat
ISO 639 2/B
nya
hat
ISO 639 3
nya
hat
ISO 639 6
nya
hat
Glottocode
nyan1308
hait1244
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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