Chichewa

Endonyms

Chichewa, chiCheŵa‎ (Chichewa), chiNyanja

Alternate Names

Chichewa, Chewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

Identifiers
ISO code

nya

Glottocode

nyan1308

Metadata
Countries of origin

Malawi

Also spoken in

Malawi

Writing systems

Braille, Latin

Linguistic genealogy

Niger-Congo

EGIDS Status

3 - Wider communication

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