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    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, Zambia and few in Mozambique. The Chewa are closely related to people in surrounding regions...
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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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  • 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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  • this case to mean "the language of the Tumbuka people". Tumbuka belongs to the same language group (Guthrie Zone N) as Chewa and Sena. The World Almanac...
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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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  • 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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    official languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda...
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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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    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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  • official languages, namely Chewa Chibarwe English Kalanga Koisan Nambya Ndau Ndebele Shangani Shona, sign language Sotho Tonga Tswana Venda Xhosa. Language policy...
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    2013. The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language,Venda,Tonga are the...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    monsters, referred to as amazimu in isiZulu and Chewa language and madimo, madimu, zimwi in other languages. In English translations of Bantu legends these...
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    Hastings Banda (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs))
    providing information on his native Chewa language. This led to the publication of a grammar book of the language. In Chicago, he lodged with an African-American...
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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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    Friday. He went on to attend Viphya School where he was taught the Chewa language, already being able to speak Bemba and English. The family's stay was...
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  • Meeussen's rule (category Bantu languages)
    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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