Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
hola
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Chonde
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
pepani
  
triste
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Romance
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic