Chichewa

See also: Chicheŵa

English

Alternative forms

Chicheŵa

Etymology

From Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- (“language”) + Cheŵa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪˈt͡ʃɛwə/
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Proper noun

Chichewa

The Bantu language of the Chewa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.

Synonyms

Nyanja
Chewa

Translations

language

Chichewa: Chicheŵa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 齊切瓦語／齐切瓦语 (zh) (Qíqièwǎyǔ)
Finnish: njandža (fi)
Galician: chichewa
Irish: Siséivis f
Navajo: Chéwa bizaad
Russian: нья́нджа (ru) m (nʹjándža), че́ва m (čéva)
Swahili: Kinyanja

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Chichewa terms
ISO 639-1 code ny, ISO 639-3 code nya (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Chichewa, nya ⁠

Chichewa

Etymology

chi- (language prefix) +‎ Chewa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃe.w⁽ᵝ⁾á/

Proper noun

Chicheŵá

Chichewa

Related terms

Mchewa

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