Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Zulu language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3127
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1815
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Khurumjari
Thank You
Zikomo
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Nongale haugatl
Please
Chonde
Chanbiduna
Sorry
pepani
Saobiganu
Bye
anatsanzikana
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Pepani
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Loi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Pangal
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
Meithei
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Meithei people
Origin
15th Century
1700
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2738
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mni
ISO 639 2/B
nya
mni
ISO 639 3
nya
mni
ISO 639 6
nya
mni
Glottocode
nyan1308
mani1292
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-