Belonging to the Niger-Congo language family, Chewa, also known as Chichewa, is spoken in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.
Chewa/Chichewa
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Classification
Niger-Congo > Bantu
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Speakers
12 million
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Script
Roman
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Text direction
Left-to-right
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Other names
Nyanja, Chichewa, Chinyanja, Cinuanja, Cinianja
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Also spoken
Zambia
Chewa/Chichewa
Chewa is a language with deep roots in African culture, sitting at the heart of education, media and literature.
Chewa is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia (where it’s called Cinuanja), Mozambique (Cinianja) and Malawi (Chichewa).
The Chichewa language board was established in Malawi after the government recognized Chichewa as the national language in 1968.
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Services offered for this language
Translation / Transcreation / Subtitling / Localization / Adaptation / Copywriting / Authoring / Proofreading / Revision / Editing / Translation quality assurance / Terminology / Linguistic validation / Glossary creation / Dubbing / Voice-overs / Transcription / Typesetting / Simultaneous interpreting / Consecutive interpreting / Conference interpreting / Telephone interpreting / Public service interpreting / Interpreting equipment hire / Foreign language consulting
Interesting fact
One of the other names used for the Chewa language, Nyanja means "the language of the lake".
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