1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.5 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines
1.6 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Speaking Continents
1.8 Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.9 Regulated By
Not Available
Commission on the Filipino Language
1.10 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
1.11 Similar To
Zulu language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
1.12 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.4 Phonology
2.4.1 How Many Vowels
3.2.1 How Many Consonants
3.4 Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
3.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
3.6 Hard to Learn
3.6.1 Language Levels
3.8.1 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
2.3 How Are You?
2.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Naimbag a rabii
2.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Naimbag a sardam
2.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Naimbag a malem
2.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Naimbag a bigat
2.8 Please
2.9 Sorry
2.10 Bye
2.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ayayatenka
2.12 Excuse Me
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000.00
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
5.3 Dialect 3
5.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not present
5.3.2 How Many People Speak
8.3 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
12.00 million9.10 million
0.13
1200
3.4 Speaking Population
6.2 Native Speakers
12.00 million9.10 million
0.13
873
6.8.2 Second Language Speakers
6.9.3 Native Name
6.9.4 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Ilokano, Iloko
6.9.5 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
ilocano
6.9.6 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache
6.10 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
6.11 Ethnicity
Chewa people
Ilocano people
7 History
7.1 Origin
15th Century
18th Century
7.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
7.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
7.2.2 Branch
7.3 Language Forms
7.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
7.3.2 Standard Forms
7.3.3 Language Position
1.2.1 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
1.3 Scope
2 Code
2.1 ISO 639 1
2.2 ISO 639 2
2.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
2.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
2.3 ISO 639 3
2.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
2.5 Glottocode
2.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
31-CBA-a
2.7 Types of Language
2.7.1 Language Type
2.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
2.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available