Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Zambia
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
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Zulu language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Thank you
Zikomo
How Are You?
How are you?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
I love you
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Pepani
Dialect 1
American English
Kasungu
Where They Speak
United States of America
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Nyanja
Alternative Names
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Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
anglais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Englisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Chewa people
Origin
5th Century AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Chewa Speaking population
English and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of English and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Chewa on English vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Chewa Language Codes
English and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.