Chewa ( /ˈtʃeɪwə/; also known as Nyanja /ˈnjændʒə/) is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Zambia and Mozambique. The noun...
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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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Maravi (category Articles containing Chichewa-language text)
of central Malawi, eastern Zambia, and northeastern Mozambique. The Chewa language, also known as Nyanja which is spoken in southern and central 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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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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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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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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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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Francis Moto (category Chewa-language writers)
University of Malawi, Centre for Language Studies. Moto, F. (2008). "ATTITUDES TOWARDS AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND AFRICAN-LANGUAGE LITERATURES IN EDUCATION: THE...
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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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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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Chewa, Chirbawe, Kalanga, "Koisan" (Tshuwau), Nambya, Ndau, Zimbabwean sign language, Tonga, Tswana, Venda) Xwela-Gbe: Benin (a national language along...
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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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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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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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Jack Mapanje (category Chewa-language writers)
London in the early 1980s. He subsequently became head of the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Malawi. During the rule of President...
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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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Barnaba Zingani (category Chewa-language writers)
journalist Willie Zingani. Zingani has written five books in the Chichewa language, as well as a technical book, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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