1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2
12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Moni
3.2 Thank You
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
Chonde
3.9 Sorry
pepani
3.10 Bye
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kasungu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimaravi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
Rank: 50 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Nyanja
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Chewa
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ny
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nya
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
nya
7.3 ISO 639 3
nya
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nyan1308
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available