×

Persian
Persian

Chewa
Chewa



ADD
Compare
X
Persian
X
Chewa

Persian and Chewa

Add ⊕

Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
👆🏻

National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Zambia

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
-

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

Arabic Language
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3231
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

2318
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

سلام
Moni

Thank You

متشکرم
Zikomo

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

شب بخیر
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
Masana abwino

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
M'mawa wabwino

Please

لطفا
Chonde

Sorry

متاسف
pepani

Bye

خدا حافظ
anatsanzikana

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

125
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

0.99 %0.17 %
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

65.00 million12.00 million
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

110.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

فارسی
Nyanja

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

persan
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Persisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Chewa people

History

Origin

1500 BC
15th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Iranian
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Persian
Chewa

Language Position

2327
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
nya

ISO 639 2/B

per
nya

ISO 639 3

pes
nya

ISO 639 6

pers
nya

Glottocode

fars1254
nyan1308

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
-

Persian and Chewa Alphabets

Persian and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Chewa. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Persian and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Chewa languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian 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 Persian and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and Chewa Speaking population

Persian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Chewa on Persian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Chewa Language Codes

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