Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Zulu language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3142
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1831
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Zikomo
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Chonde
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
pepani
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
anatsanzikana
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Pepani
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Kosli
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
oriya
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Odias
Origin
15th Century
3 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Odia
Language Position
2732
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ny
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ori
ISO 639 2/B
nya
ori
ISO 639 3
nya
ori
ISO 639 6
nya
ori
Glottocode
nyan1308
macr1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-