Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Zambia
Nynorsk
Regulated By
-
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Zulu language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3129
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
hallo
Thank You
Zikomo
takk
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
god natt
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
god morgen
Please
Chonde
Vær så snill
Sorry
pepani
unnskyld
Bye
anatsanzikana
ha det
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Pepani
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Sogn
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
519
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Norsk
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Norsk
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Norwegians
Origin
15th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Chewa
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
2718
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ny
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
nor
ISO 639 2/B
nya
nor
ISO 639 3
nya
nor
ISO 639 6
nya
nor
Glottocode
nyan1308
norw1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional