Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Chonde
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
pepani
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
Nyanja
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
15th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available