1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Zambia
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
German and English 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?
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
goede Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
goedenavond
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
goedemorgen
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Netherlands
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA590,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,300,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
12.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million22.00 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
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Niederländisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
5.5 Ethnicity
Chewa people
Dutch people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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
99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-ACB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology