Chewa leid

Chewa, cried Nyanja an aa, is a leid o the Bantu leid faimily. The gender prefix chi- is uised for leids,[3] sae the leid is forby kent as Chichewa an Chinyanja (spelled Cinyanja in Zambie), an locally Nyasa in Mozambique.

Chewa
Nyanja
Chichewa, Chinyanja
Native taeZambie, Malawi,
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Native speakers
12 million (2007)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Nyasa
            • Chewa
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in
 Malawi
Recognised minority
leid in
Leid codes
ISO 639-1ny
ISO 639-2nya
ISO 639-3nya
Guthrie code
N.30 (N.31, N.121)[2]
Linguasphere99-AUS-xaa - xag

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