1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
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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
Not Available
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?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Georgia, South Africa
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 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million12.00 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
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
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
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
99-AUT-fg
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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