Countries
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
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Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Zulu language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1825
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Moni
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Zikomo
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Chonde
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
pepani
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
anatsanzikana
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Pepani
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Serbia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million8.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Montenegrin
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
serbe
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Serbs
History
Origin
15th Century
11th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Serbian
Language Position
2744
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ny
sr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
srp
ISO 639 2/B
nya
srp
ISO 639 3
nya
srp
ISO 639 6
nya
srp
Glottocode
nyan1308
serb1264
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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