Chichewa
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See also: Chicheŵa
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- (“language”) + Cheŵa.
Pronunciation
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.
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language
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
Proper noun
Chicheŵá