Chewa leid

Chewa
	Nyanja
	Chichewa, Chinyanja
Native tae	Zambie, Malawi,; Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Native speakers	12 million (2007)
Leid faimily	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Nyasa Chewa; ; ; ; ; ;
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Malawi
Recognised minority; leid in	Zambie
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	ny
ISO 639-2	nya
ISO 639-3	nya
Guthrie code	N.30 (N.31, N.121)
Linguasphere	99-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

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

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[1] Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] cf. Kiswahili for the Swahili language.

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Chewa
Nyanja
Chichewa, Chinyanja
Native tae	Zambie, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Native speakers	12 million (2007)^[1]
Leid faimily	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Nyasa Chewa
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Malawi
Recognised minority leid in	Zambie
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	`ny`
ISO 639-2	`nya`
ISO 639-3	`nya`
Guthrie code	`N.30 (N.31, N.121)`^[2]
Linguasphere	`99-AUS-xaa - xag`