Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Chonde
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
pepani
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Nyanja
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
15th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Chewa and Malayalam Speaking population
Chewa and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chewa and Malayalam on Chewa vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Malayalam Language Codes
Chewa and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.