Chewa language

Chewa
Chewa
Nyanja
Chichewa, Chinyanja
Native to	Malawi, Zambia
Region	Southeast Africa
Ethnicity	Chewa
Native speakers	7 million (2007)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Nyasa Chewa; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script; Mwangwego script; Chewa Braille
Official status
Official language in	Zimbabwe;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ny
ISO 639-2	nya
ISO 639-3	nya
Glottolog	nyan1308
Guthrie code	N.30 (N.31, N.121)
Linguasphere	99-AUS-xaa – xag
	Areas where Chewa is the main language (purple). Solid green color means that a nation has made Chewa its national language, striped green color means that a nation has made Chewa its recognized minority language.
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Chewa (Chichewa), or Nyanja (Chinyanja), is a Bantu language spoken in Southeast Africa, mainly in Malawi.

Chewa is one of the two most widely spoken languages in Malawi, the other being Tumbuka. It is used mostly in the Central and Southern Regions of the country.^[3] This language is called Nyanja in Zambia.

References

↑ Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
↑ Mchombo (2006).

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[NE100-1] Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Mchombo (2006).

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