Explore: Chewa Dialect

Chewa ( /ˈtʃeɪwə/) is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Eastern Zambia and Tete province of Mozambique. The noun class prefix

from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona

adoption of its 2013 Constitution, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona

example Chewa kudwala 'to be ill' = Tumbuka kulwala, Chewa kudya 'to eat' = Tumbuka kulya. The pronunciation of "sk" and "zg" varies according to dialect. Tumbuka

to be called a dialect of the Nsenga language. Therefore, it should be considered as language separate and distinct from Nsenga and Chewa. Kunda is listed

Ndau, Kalanga and is related to Tonga, Chewa, Tumbuka, Tsonga and Venda. Ndau and Kalanga are former dialects of Shona but became independent languages

Chichewa (a Bantu language of Central Africa, also known as Chewa, Nyanja, or Chinyanja) is the main language spoken in south and central Malawi, and

are imported from English or other non-Bantu languages. An example from Chewa: the word "school", borrowed from English, and then transformed to fit the

as a dialect of Zulu. Other languages spoken by the Ngoni may also be referred to as "Chingoni"; the Ngoni in Malawi, for instance, speak Chewa and Tumbuka

people are a hybrid ethnic group of mixed Zulu with indigenous Tumbuka and Chewa people living in the present-day Mzimba and Ntcheu Districts in Malawi,