Countries
Estonia, European Union
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Zambia
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Finnish
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2731
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1818
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
Moni
Thank You
aitäh
Zikomo
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Head ööd
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Palun
Chonde
Sorry
Vabandust
pepani
Bye
Head aega
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Pepani
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.95 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
estonien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Estnisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Chewa people
Origin
13th century
15th Century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Branch
Finnic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Chewa
Language Position
2227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
nya
ISO 639 2/B
est
nya
ISO 639 3
est
nya
ISO 639 6
est
nya
Glottocode
esto1258
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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