Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
China, Mongolia
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
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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Zulu language
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3135
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Zikomo
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Chonde
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
pepani
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
anatsanzikana
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Pepani
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
mongol
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Mongols
Origin
15th Century
1224-1225
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Mongolian
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Chewa
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
2726
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ny
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
mon
ISO 639 2/B
nya
mon
ISO 639 3
nya
mon
ISO 639 6
nya
mon
Glottocode
nyan1308
mong1331
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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