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Kazakh and Chewa


Chewa and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
18   
8

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Chewa people   

History

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
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Kazakh and Chewa Speaking population

Kazakh and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Chewa on Kazakh vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Chewa Language Codes

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

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