Countries
Indonesia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Zambia
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Malay language
Zulu language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1918
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
75
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Moni
Thank You
Terima kasih
Zikomo
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
M'mawa wabwino
Please
mohon Untuk
Chonde
Sorry
maaf
pepani
Bye
Selamat tinggal
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Permisi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
465
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
indonésien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Chewa people
Origin
7th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Chewa
Language Position
5627
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
nya
ISO 639 2/B
ind
nya
ISO 639 3
ind
nya
ISO 639 6
ind
nya
Glottocode
indo1316
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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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