Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
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 in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Kazakh and Chewa 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 Kazakh and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Chewa language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Chewa Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Chewa 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 Kazakh and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.