Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Chonde
  
Please
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Sorry
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Nyanja
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
anglais
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic