Countries
India, Pakistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4431
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
175
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2718
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Moni
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Zikomo
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
M'mawa wabwino
Please
مهربانی کر
Chonde
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
pepani
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
anatsanzikana
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Kasungu
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Poguli
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rambani
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
kashmiri
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Kaschmiri
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Chewa people
Origin
12th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Chewa
Language Position
2327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
nya
ISO 639 2/B
kas
nya
ISO 639 3
kas
nya
ISO 639 6
kas
nya
Glottocode
kash1277
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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