Chichewa, also called Chewa, is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi, where it is recognized alongside English, and by minority communities in eastern Zambia and Mozambique's Tete province. Its name was officially changed in Malawi from Chinyanja to Chichewa in 1968 at the insistence of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, and Chichewa remains the name most commonly used there today.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count RegionMalawi, eastern Zambia, Mozambique 2 Classification
Language Kind Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Chewa language (Wikipedia)
Source Chewa language (Wikipedia)
Written In
Chichewa (Nyanja) is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
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Found In
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Nyanja (Glottolog languoid nyan1308)
GlottologEndangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
Endangerment
In 1968, was made an official language.
View the Source 2. Chewa language (Wikipedia)
Infobox, Language codes
nya
Infobox: date
2007
Distribution
Chewa is one of the widely spoken languages in Malawi, about 34% of the country's population.
Distribution [region]
It is also spoken in Eastern Province of Zambia, as well as in Mozambique, in the province of Niassa.
In Family: Atlantic-Congo, Infobox: fam2
Atlantic-Congo
In Family: Bantu, Infobox, Language family
Bantu
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