Countries
Myanmar
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Myanmar
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Zambia
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Thai Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Moni
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Zikomo
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Chonde
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
pepani
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
birman
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Birmanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Chewa people
Origin
1113 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese and Chewa Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Chewa Speaking population
Burmese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Chewa on Burmese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Chewa Language Codes
Burmese and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.