1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Zambia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit 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
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pepani
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pepani
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Israel, kerala
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
France, kerala
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 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Nyanja
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
malayalam
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology