Countries
India
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
India
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
Govenment of Goa
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Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Marathi
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5231
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3618
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskar
Moni
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Zikomo
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Chike
Chonde
Sorry
Maf kor
pepani
Bye
Adeus
anatsanzikana
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Antruz
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Goa
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
15
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
konkani
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Konkani
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Chewa people
Origin
1209 A.D.
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Chewa
Language Position
2327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
nya
ISO 639 2/B
kok
nya
ISO 639 3
kok
nya
ISO 639 6
kok
nya
Glottocode
goan1235
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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