1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Moni
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
3.2 Thank You
Zikomo
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
3.8 Please
Chonde
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
3.9 Sorry
pepani
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
3.10 Bye
anatsanzikana
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pepani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
12.00 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Nyanja
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
birman
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Birmanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Chewa people
Bamar people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating