Chewa (also known as Nyanja, /ˈnjændʒə/) is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Zambia and Mozambique. The noun class prefix...
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The Chewa (or AChewa) are a Bantu ethnic group found in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and few in Mozambique. The Chewa are closely related to people in surrounding...
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for Bantu languages: The Mwangwego alphabet is an abugida created in 1979 that is sometimes used to write the Chewa language and other languages of Malawi...
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essays, or plays in the Chewa language. The following have written published stories, novels, or plays in the Chewa language: William Chafulumira John...
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Chewa may refer to: the Chewa people the Chewa language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chewa. If an internal link led...
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Maravi (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
Chewa word malaŵí, which means "flames". "Maravi" is a general name of the peoples of Malawi, eastern Zambia, and northeastern Mozambique. The Chewa language...
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sometimes transcribed as "ny" New Year Air Iceland (IATA code: NY) Chewa language (ISO 639-1 code: ny) New Year (disambiguation) New York (disambiguation)...
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Nya (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
independent school in Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. Chewa language, ISO 939-2/3 language code nya Nganasan language (autonym: ня”, nya") ڽ, nya, a letter in the...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (category Chewa-language films)
Distributed by Netflix Release date 25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) (Sundance) Running time 113 minutes Countries United Kingdom Malawi Languages English Chichewa...
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Niassa Province (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
speakers of Makhuwa were 42%, speakers of the Yao language 31%, speakers of the Nyanja or Chewa language a 11%, and Portuguese speakers 9%. The majority...
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in this case to mean "the language of the Tumbuka people". Tumbuka belongs to the same language group (Guthrie Zone N) Chewa and Sena. Tumbuka-Senga or...
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ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation...
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national language along with Dioula, Fula and other languages, the official language is French) Nambya: Zimbabwe (with English, Shona, Ndebele, Chewa, Chirbawe...
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Equatorial Guinea Niger-Congo Bambara in Mali Bobo in Mali Bozo in Mali Chewa in Malawi and Zimbabwe Comorian in the Comoros Dogon in Mali Fula in Mali...
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Chichewa tenses (redirect from Chewa tenses)
Chinyanja, Chewa or Nyanja) is the main lingua franca of central and southern Malawi and neighbouring regions. Like other Bantu languages it has a wide...
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imitated the elephant and burst" in Kirundi and in Amharic; and in the Chewa language of Zambia, simply "The proud frog burst open" in an attempt to seem...
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Ubuntu philosophy (category Articles containing Zulu-language text)
themselves. In Malawi, the same philosophy is called "uMunthu" in the local Chewa language. According to the Catholic Diocese of Zomba bishop Rt. Rev. Fr. Thomas...
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Chichewa tones (redirect from Chewa tones)
Chichewa (a Bantu language of Central Africa, also known as Chewa, Nyanja, or Chinyanja) is the main language spoken in south and central Malawi, and...
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classification of Bantu languages, zone S.10 designates the Shonic group. Shona is closely related to Ndau, Kalanga and is related to Tonga, Chewa, Tumbuka, Tsonga...
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2013. The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Venda, Tonga are...
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official languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda...
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synonymous with Zone N. The languages and their Guthrie identifications are: Tumbuka (N21) Tonga language (Malawi) (N15) Chewa (Nyanja) (N31) Sena group...
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Mlungu dalitsani Malaŵi (category Articles containing Chichewa-language text)
as the winner and adopted as the national anthem. See Help:IPA and Chewa language § Phonology. "Government and Politics". Embassy of the Republic of Malawi...
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high tone to another) are not affected by Meeussen's rule. Thus in the Chewa language of Malawi, for example, when the word kuphíka 'to cook' is followed...
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or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga (category Chewa-language writers)
also known as Ben Malunga, is a Malawian poet, writing in the Chichewa language. He is also a short-story writer, an essayist, a music composer, public...
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Chewa (Amharic: ጨዋ; č̣äwa) were the feudal noble warrior class of Imperial Ethiopia. Originally recruited and appointed for service in the Emperor's army...
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Willie Zingani (category Chewa-language writers)
Zingani has written 6 short novels or story collections in the Chichewa language and two in English. These are: Ndaziona ine "I have Seen Troubles" Madzi...
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dialect of Zulu. Other languages spoken by the Ngoni may also be referred to as "Chingoni"; many Ngoni in Malawi, for instance, speak Chewa, and other Ngoni...
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containing elements of Chewa, Malawian Lomwe, is spoken in Malawi. Maho (2009) separates out Ngulu (Mihavane) as a separate language, close to Malawi Lomwe...
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