Chichewa

See also Chicheŵa

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Chicheŵa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tʃᵻˈtʃɛwə/
• (US) IPA: /tʃəˈtʃɛwə/

Proper noun

Chichewa

1. The Bantu language of the Cheŵa 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
• Irish: Siséivis (ga) f

• Russian: ньянджа (ru) (n’jándža) m, чева (ru) (čéva) m

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Chichewa terms
• ISO 639-1 code ny, ISO 639-3 code nya
• Ethnologue entry for Chichewa, ny