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Chewa and Kazakh


Kazakh and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

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  

History

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
27  
25
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Chewa and Kazakh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chewa and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chewa and Kazakh Speaking population

Chewa and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh 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 Chewa and Kazakh on Chewa vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Kazakh Language Codes

Chewa and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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