Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Zambia
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2431
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1718
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Moni
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Chonde
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
pepani
Bye
bye
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
kazakh
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Kasachisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Chewa people
Origin
17th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Chewa
Language Position
9327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
nya
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
nya
ISO 639 3
kaz
nya
ISO 639 6
kaz
nya
Glottocode
kaza1248
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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