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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Languages of Zimbabwe (section Chewa)
adoption of its 2013 Constitution, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona...
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Bantu languages (section Lingua franca)
are imported from English or other non-Bantu languages. An example from Chewa: the word "school", borrowed from English, and then transformed to fit the...
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Chichewa tenses (redirect from Chewa tenses)
Chichewa (also but less commonly known as Chinyanja, Chewa or Nyanja) is the main lingua franca of central and southern Malawi and neighbouring regions...
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distantly related Sena (ChiSena) should be assigned to a group with Nyanja and Chewa, while the distinct group which includes Yao, Makonde and Mwera is found...
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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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sobre a cooficialização da língua do "talian", à língua portuguesa, no município de Nova Roma do Sul" O Talian agora é a língua co-oficial de Nova Roma do...
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in South Africa and Namibia (Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in Liberia and the former colonies of the United Kingdom (English)...
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branch, particularly in Guthrie zone N. It is closely related to Sena, Chewa, Nsenga and Tumbuka. Nyungwe is spoken by more than 439,000 people in Mozambique...
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Tonga-Lenje-Ila peoples. The Fourth President, Rupiah Bwezani Banda was a Chewa from the Eastern Province. In the years after the MMD took power in 1991...
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Island). Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London. ChiChewa Intensive Course, (Chewa is similar to Nyanja) Lilongwe, Malawi, 1969. Doke, Clement...
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south of Lilongwe in Chencherere and Mphunzi.[citation needed] According to Chewa myth, the first people in the area were a race of dwarf archers which they...
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adoption of the 2013 Constitution, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, namely Chewa Chibarwe English Kalanga Koisan Nambya Ndau Ndebele Shangani Shona, sign...
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second language speakers in Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi (along with Chewa). English was formally introduced to the sub-continent of South Asia (India...
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Swati. Lesotho: English and Sotho. Madagascar: French and Malagasy. Malawi: Chewa (de facto language of national identity) and English (statutory national...
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melting pot that the Province has become. ciNyanja is a lingua franca which is close to ciChewa, ChiNsenga, other languages of Eastern Province and notable...
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Official language in: the Native American tribe of the Cherokee , in Oklahoma Chewa – Nyanja Official language in: Republic of Malawi and Republic of Zambia...
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orthography is based on that of Swahili, whereas in Malawi it is based on that of Chewa. The Malawian form uses the following characters: Macrons can be used to...
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000 indigenous languages by some counts, and many creoles, pidgins, and lingua francas.. Niger-Congo alone accounts for the majority of languages (and...
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fewer tribes, later these tribe begun to divide among themselves to be the Chewa, the Nsenga, the Lala, the Bisa, the Ambo and the Kunda were one tribe and...
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List of Wikipedias (redirect from Chewa Wikipedia)
Wikipedia nga tshiVenḓa Venda Latn ve 15 Unknown date Chewa Wikipedia Wikipedia Chichewa Chewa Latn ny 14 Unknown date Greenlandic Wikipedia Kalaallisut...
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Individual Historical पुलां भाय्; पुलाङु नेपाल भाय् nya nya ny Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja Individual Living Chichewa; Chinyanja nym nym Nyamwezi Individual...
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Barotseland as practiced in like manner by the Paramount Chief Undi of the Chewa people of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique would help preserve the Mbunda culture...
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Nacional de Estatística. 1998. Ethnologue Listing of Mozambican Languages Línguas de Moçambique(in Portuguese) – A Portuguese-language collection of publications...
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languages sub-family. Dari has always been the prestige language and a lingua franca for inter-ethnic communication. It is the native tongue of the Tajiks...
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doi:10.1353/sls.2012.0008. ISSN 1533-6263. "The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona...
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including Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic. In addition, English serves as the lingua franca of Israel. Though many Jewish languages are not genetically related...
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strike'; okukubaakuba (oku-kuba-kuba) 'to strike repeatedly, to batter' Chewa tambalalá 'to stretch one's legs'; tambalalá-tambalalá to stretch one's...
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Sino-Platonic Papers (19): 5. Chew, Phillis Ghim-Lian (2013). Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders: The Politics and Place of English as a World Language...
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