1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.2 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.3 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.4 Speaking Continents
1.5 Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.6 Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.7 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.8 Similar To
Zulu language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.9 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.5.1 How Many Consonants
2.6 Scripts
2.7 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.8 Hard to Learn
2.8.1 Language Levels
2.10.1 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Zanzibar island
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million15.00 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
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
swahili
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Chewa people
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
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
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
99-AUS-m
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
Not Available
Not Available