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

1. 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

1. Chichewa

Related terms

• Mchewa