Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Zulu language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3131
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
alo
Thank You
Zikomo
multumesc
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
buna Ziua
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
bună Dimineața
Please
Chonde
Vă Rog
Sorry
pepani
scuze
Bye
anatsanzikana
La revedere
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Pepani
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
510
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Română
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
roumain; moldave
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Romanians
Origin
15th Century
1521
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Chewa
Romanian
Language Position
2736
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
ron
ISO 639 2/B
nya
rum
ISO 639 3
nya
ron
ISO 639 6
nya
ron
Glottocode
nyan1308
roma1327
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic