Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Zambia
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2531
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Moni
Thank You
Hvala
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Lahko noč
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Dober večer
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Prosim
Chonde
Sorry
Oprostite
pepani
Bye
Nasvidenje
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ljubim te
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Pepani
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
80,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Italy
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
485
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
slovène
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Slowenisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Chewa people
Origin
972-1093
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovene
Chewa
Language Position
2827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
nya
ISO 639 2/B
slv
nya
ISO 639 3
slv
nya
ISO 639 6
slv
nya
Glottocode
slov1268
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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