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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Zambia

Regulated By

-
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Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2631
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2118
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

75
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Moni

Thank You

Thank you
Zikomo

How Are You?

How are you?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

Good Night
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino

Please

Please
Chonde

Sorry

Sorry
pepani

Bye

Bye
anatsanzikana

I Love You

I love you
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Kasungu

Where They Speak

United States of America
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1885
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Nyanja

Alternative Names

English
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

anglais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Englisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

English people
Chewa people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
15th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Chewa

Language Position

327
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
nya

ISO 639 2/B

eng
nya

ISO 639 3

eng
nya

ISO 639 6

engs
nya

Glottocode

stan1293
nyan1308

Linguasphere

52-ABA
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Chewa Alphabets

English and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Chewa. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn English and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Chewa languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Chewa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of English and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Chewa Speaking population

English and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of English and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Chewa on English vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Chewa Language Codes

English and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.