Nyanja

Nyan·ja

N0200375 (nyăn′jə)n. A Bantu language spoken in Malawi and neighboring areas.

Nyanja

(ˈnjændʒə) npl -ja or -jas1. (Peoples) a member of a Negroid people of central Africa, living chiefly in Malawi2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family. Nyanja forms the basis of a pidgin used as a lingua franca in central Africa

Nyanja

enUK

Nyanja

(also Chinyanja or Manganja), the language of the Malawi people (Maravi, including the Nyanja) and the closely related Mbo, Tonga, Makanga, Tumba, and Matengo peoples in Malawi and the neighboring regions of Zambia and Mozambique. The Manganja, Peta, Chewa, Eastern (Nyasa), Mbo, and Mazaro dialects are distinguished. The Nyanja (Chinyanja) literary language is based on the Manganji, Chewa, and Peta dialects spoken in southern Malawi. According to the classification of C. Doke (Republic of South Africa), Nyanja belongs to the east central zone of the Bantu languages.

REFERENCES

Hetherwick, A. A Practical Manual of the Nyanja Language, 6th ed. London, 1922.
Scott, D. C, and A. Hetherwick. Dictionary of the Nyanja Language. London, 1951.

单词	nyanja
释义	Nyanja enUK Nyan·ja N0200375 (nyăn′jə)n. A Bantu language spoken in Malawi and neighboring areas. Nyanja (ˈnjændʒə) npl -ja or -jas1. (Peoples) a member of a Negroid people of central Africa, living chiefly in Malawi2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family. Nyanja forms the basis of a pidgin used as a lingua franca in central Africa Nyanja enUK Nyanja (also Chinyanja or Manganja), the language of the Malawi people (Maravi, including the Nyanja) and the closely related Mbo, Tonga, Makanga, Tumba, and Matengo peoples in Malawi and the neighboring regions of Zambia and Mozambique. The Manganja, Peta, Chewa, Eastern (Nyasa), Mbo, and Mazaro dialects are distinguished. The Nyanja (Chinyanja) literary language is based on the Manganji, Chewa, and Peta dialects spoken in southern Malawi. According to the classification of C. Doke (Republic of South Africa), Nyanja belongs to the east central zone of the Bantu languages. REFERENCES Hetherwick, A. A Practical Manual of the Nyanja Language, 6th ed. London, 1922. Scott, D. C, and A. Hetherwick. Dictionary of the Nyanja Language. London, 1951.
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