Chewa also known as Nyanja is a language of the Bantu language family. The gender prefix chi- is used for languages so the language is also known as Chichewa and Chinyanja (spelled Cinyanja in Zambia) and locally Nyasa in Mozambique.
ISO 639-1 code
ny
ISO 639-2 code
nya
ISO 639-3 code
nya
family
Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Atlantic–Congo languages, Southern Bantoid languages
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