Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Zambia
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Zulu language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3125
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1818
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
Kamusta
Thank You
Zikomo
Salamat po
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Magandang umaga po
Please
Chonde
pakiusap
Sorry
pepani
pinagsisisihan
Bye
anatsanzikana
Paálam
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Pepani
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Filipino
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
tagalog
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Tagalog people
Origin
15th Century
1593
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Chewa
Filipino
Language Position
2758
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
nya
tgl
ISO 639 3
nya
tg1
ISO 639 6
nya
tgl
Glottocode
nyan1308
taga1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-