Kurdish and Chewa
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Zulu language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Evare baş
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
M'mawa wabwino
Bye
Be xêr çî
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Pepani
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Kasungu
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
kurde
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Kurdisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Chewa people
Origin
16th century CE
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Chewa
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
nyan1308
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Kurdish and Chewa 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 Kurdish and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Chewa Speaking population
Kurdish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa 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 Kurdish and Chewa on Kurdish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Chewa Language Codes
Kurdish and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.