Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
-
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Zulu language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3125
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Halo
Thank You
Zikomo
Hvala
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Dober dan
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Dobro jutro
Please
Chonde
Prosim
Sorry
pepani
Oprostite
Bye
anatsanzikana
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Pepani
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Resian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Italy
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Styrian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
548
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
slovène
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Slovenes
Origin
15th Century
972-1093
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
Slovene
Language Position
2728
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
slv
ISO 639 2/B
nya
slv
ISO 639 3
nya
slv
ISO 639 6
nya
slv
Glottocode
nyan1308
slov1268
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional