Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million65.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million110.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
فارسی
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
persan
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Persian people