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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Chonde
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pepani
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Nyanja
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
oriya
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Odias
  
Origin
15th Century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
macr1269
  
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
  
Chewa and Oriya Speaking population
Chewa and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Chewa vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Oriya Language Codes
Chewa and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.