1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
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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?
Wakadini zvako?
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
shona
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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