Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
pepani
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
kurde
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Chewa Speaking population
Kurdish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Chewa on Kurdish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Chewa Language Codes
Kurdish and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.