1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Philippines
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Philippines
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Tagalog Language
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Spanish Language
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
Not Available
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?
3.4 Good Night
magandang gabi
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
Magandang gabi
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
Magandang umaga
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Mahal kita
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Philippines
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
90.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
45.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Pilipino
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
filipino; pilipino
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
No Data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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