Countries
West Java
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3331
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1618
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Moni
Thank You
Nuhun
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Mangga
Chonde
Sorry
Hapunten
pepani
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Punten
Pepani
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Banten
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Bogor
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Bandung
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
soundanais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Sundanesisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Chewa people
Origin
5th century AD
15th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Chewa
Language Position
4227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
nya
ISO 639 2/B
sun
nya
ISO 639 3
sun
nya
ISO 639 6
sun
nya
Glottocode
sund1251
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
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