Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Zulu language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3140
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1819
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Zikomo
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Chonde
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
pepani
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
anatsanzikana
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Pepani
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Jeju
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
512
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
coréen
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Koreans
Origin
15th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Chewa
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2712
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
kor
ISO 639 2/B
nya
kor
ISO 639 3
nya
Kor
ISO 639 6
nya
kor
Glottocode
nyan1308
kore1280
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative