Countries
Meghalaya
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Zambia
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2331
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1418
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kumno
Moni
Thank You
Khublei
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
thia sukh
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Masana abwino
Good Morning
khublei
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Sngewbha
Chonde
Sorry
Map
pepani
Bye
khublei
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
map a nga
Pepani
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Kasungu
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
khasi
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Chewa people
Origin
1200 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Chewa
Language Position
4027
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
nya
ISO 639 2/B
kha
nya
ISO 639 3
kha
nya
ISO 639 6
kha
nya
Glottocode
khas1269
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-