Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
-
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Zulu language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1841
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Zikomo
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Chonde
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
pepani
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
anatsanzikana
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Pepani
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Mappila
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
malayalam
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Malayali
Origin
15th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Chewa
Malayalam
Language Position
2729
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mal
ISO 639 2/B
nya
mal
ISO 639 3
nya
mal
ISO 639 6
nya
mal
Glottocode
nyan1308
mala1464
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic