Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
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
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Chonde
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
pepani
  
متاسف
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
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
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
15th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Chewa and Persian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chewa and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Persian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Persian Difficulty
The Chewa vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Persian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chewa and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.