Chewa leid

Chewa
Nyanja
Chichewa, Chinyanja
Native taeZambie, Malawi,
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Native speakers
12 million (2007)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Nyasa
            • Chewa
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in
 Malawi
Recognised minority
leid in
Leid codes
ISO 639-1ny
ISO 639-2nya
ISO 639-3nya
Guthrie code
N.30 (N.31, N.121)[2]
Linguasphere99-AUS-xaa - xag

Chewa, cried Nyanja an aa, is a leid o the Bantu leid faimily. The gender prefix chi- is uised for leids,[3] sae the leid is forby kent as Chichewa an Chinyanja (spelled Cinyanja in Zambie), an locally Nyasa in Mozambique.

References

  1. ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ↑ cf. Kiswahili for the Swahili language.