Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
pepani
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
malayalam
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Chewa Speaking population
Malayalam and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Chewa on Malayalam vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Chewa Language Codes
Malayalam and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.