Countries
Iran
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica
Africa
Minority Language
-
Zambia
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Persian
Zulu language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4531
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4018
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hello
Moni
Thank You
Thank you
Zikomo
How Are You?
how are you
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Good night
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Good evening
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Good morning
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Please
Chonde
Sorry
sorry
pepani
Bye
bye
anatsanzikana
I Love You
i love you
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
excuse me
Pepani
Dialect 1
Feyli lurish
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bakhtiari
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Iran
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Laki
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Iran
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.00 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
89.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
nanme
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
louri
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
-
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Lurs
Chewa people
Origin
19 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
gd
No early forms
Standard Forms
gd
Chewa
Language Position
2327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
12
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lrc
nya
ISO 639 2/B
lrc
nya
ISO 639 3
12
nya
ISO 639 6
lrc
nya
Glottocode
12
nyan1308
Linguasphere
12
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-