Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3146
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1838
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Ahoj
Thank You
Zikomo
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Dobré ráno
Please
Chonde
Prosím
Sorry
pepani
Pardón!
Bye
anatsanzikana
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Pepani
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
slovaque
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Slovaks
Origin
15th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Chewa
Slovak
Language Position
2727
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
slk
ISO 639 2/B
nya
slo
ISO 639 3
nya
slk
ISO 639 6
nya
slk
Glottocode
nyan1308
slov1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic