Countries
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
1
14
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Not Available
NA
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Zulu language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
31
13
47
27
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
8
5
How Many Consonants
18
8
31
21
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
18 weeks
4
Greetings
Hello
Moni
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Zikomo
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Chonde
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
pepani
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
anatsanzikana
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Pepani
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
5
5
8
8
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
99+
60.00 million
27
Speaking Population
0.17 %
99+
0.74 %
24
Native Speakers
12.00 million
99+
50.00 million
22
Native Name
Nyanja
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
goudjrati
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Gujaratis
History
Origin
15th Century
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
Not Available
23
19
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ny
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
guj
ISO 639 2/B
nya
guj
ISO 639 3
nya
guj
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
guja1252
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
