Countries
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
Similar To
Zulu language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Moni
Kablaaw
Thank You
Zikomo
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kumusta?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Chonde
mangngegda
Sorry
pepani
Agpakawanak
Bye
anatsanzikana
Pakada
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Pepani
Maawan-dayawen
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Balangao
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Not present
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not present
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
52
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ilokano
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
ilocano
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Ilocano people
History
Origin
15th Century
18th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
2794
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
nya
ilo
ISO 639 3
nya
ilo
ISO 639 6
nya
ilo
Glottocode
nyan1308
ilok1237
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-