1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
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1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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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
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
kedụ ka ịmere
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
mgbede ọma
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
anatsanzikana
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
12.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Ibo
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
igbo
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
15th Century
30th Century BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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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
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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
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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