Chichewa

E55892
Bantu language language of Malawi natural language

Chichewa is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in Malawi and neighboring countries, serving as a national and widely used lingua franca in the region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chichewa canonical 15
Chewa 6
Chewa language 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language of Malawi ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Nyanja ⓘ
surface form: Chinyanja

Nyanja ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Sena ⓘ
Tumbuka ⓘ
Yao ⓘ
glottocode nyan1308 ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation yes ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem yes ⓘ
hasSignificantSecondLanguageSpeakers yes ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography yes ⓘ
hasTonalPhonology yes ⓘ
iso639-1Code ny ⓘ
iso639-2Code nya ⓘ
iso639-3Code nya ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Bantoid ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue–Congo

Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo

Southern Bantu ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
linguaFrancaIn Malawi ⓘ
parts of Mozambique ⓘ
parts of Zambia ⓘ
majorCityWhereSpoken Blantyre ⓘ
Lilongwe ⓘ
Mzuzu ⓘ
officialStatus national language of Malawi ⓘ
official language of Malawi ⓘ
primaryCountry Malawi ⓘ
primarySpeakersEthnicity Chewa people ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
subfamily Nyanja language group ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFranca yes ⓘ
usedInEducation Malawi primary education ⓘ
usedInGovernment Malawi ⓘ
usedInMedia Malawian radio ⓘ
Malawian television ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Friends World Committee for Consultation → hasOfficialLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa
Malawi → nationalLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages → hasNotableLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chichewa language
Sena → closelyRelatedTo → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa
Narrow Bantu → includes → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chichewa language
Lomwe → hasNeighboringLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa
Nyanja → closelyRelatedTo → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa language
Yao → neighboringLanguages → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa
Proto-Bantu → ancestorOf → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chichewa language
Eastern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages → includesLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa
Lilongwe → commonlySpokenLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
East African languages → includesLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo → languageOfName → Chichewa ⓘ
Chewa people → language → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa language
Chewa people → language → Chichewa ⓘ
Chewa people → ethnonym → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa
Mzuzu → hasWidelySpokenLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Tumbuka → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Chichewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chewa language
Sena–Nyanja languages → hasMemberLanguage → Chichewa ⓘ
Blantyre → language → Chichewa ⓘ