1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Zambia
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
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?
Kamusta ka na?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Magandang gabi po
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Magandang hapon po
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Magandang umaga po
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Iniibig kita
3.12 Excuse Me
Pepani
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Batangas, Gabon
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Philippines
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
12.00 million73.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million28.00 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
Filipino, Pilipino
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
tagalog
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Chewa people
Tagalog people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available