Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Zulu language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3124
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1817
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Moni
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Zikomo
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Chonde
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
pepani
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
anatsanzikana
bye
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Pepani
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
kazakh
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Kazahks
Origin
15th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Kazakh
Language Position
2793
1
120
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Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
nya
kaz
ISO 639 3
nya
kaz
ISO 639 6
nya
kaz
Glottocode
nyan1308
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative