Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Zambia
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Zulu language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1832
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
sannu
Thank You
Zikomo
gode ku
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
yaya dai
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
barka da rana
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
mai kyau safe
Please
Chonde
Don Allah
Sorry
pepani
yi hakuri
Bye
anatsanzikana
sai anjima
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Pepani
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Niger
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Niger
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
haoussa
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
15th Century
14
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Chadic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Hausa
Language Position
2734
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
hau
ISO 639 2/B
nya
hau
ISO 639 3
nya
hau
ISO 639 6
nya
hau
Glottocode
nyan1308
haus1257
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional