Countries
Japan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa
Minority Language
Palau
Zambia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Korean Language
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1418
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Moni
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Zikomo
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Chonde
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
pepani
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
kansai
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
japonais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Japanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Chewa people
Origin
1185
15th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Chewa
Language Position
827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
nya
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
nya
ISO 639 3
jpn
nya
ISO 639 6
jpn
nya
Glottocode
nucl1643
nyan1308
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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