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Persian and Chewa


Chewa and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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  
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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
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

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
47,000,000.00  
15
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
1.50 million  
99+

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
23  
21
27  
25

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  
-  

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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.

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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.

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