Chichewa (Chicheŵa in Malawian English) is one of the two official national languages of the Republic of Malawi, the other being English. Malawian English is the English language as spoken in Malawi. ...
Chichewa, also known as Chinyanja, is a language of the Bantu language family widely spoken in south-central Africa. It is also spoken in Mozambique, especially in the provinces of Tete and Niassa, in Zambia (especially in the Eastern Province), as well as in Zimbabwe where, according to some estimates, it ranks as the third most widely used local language, after Shona and Ndebele. The countries of Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique constitute the central location of Chichewa. Bantu is a language family that belongs to the Niger-Congo group. ... Shona (or ChiShona) is a native language of Zimbabwe; the term is also used to identify those Bantu tribes in Southern Africa who speak one of the Shona languages. ... There are two versions of Ndebele in South Africa, they both belong to the Nguni group of Bantu Languages. ...
Chichewa ( Chicheŵa in Malawian English) is the official national language of the Republic of Malawi.
Chichewa, also known as Chinyanja, is a language of the Bantu language family widely spoken in south-central Africa.
It is also spoken in Mozambique, especially in the provinces of Tete and Niassa, in Zambia (especially in the Eastern Province), as well as in Zimbabwe where, according to some estimates, it ranks as the third most widely used local language, after Shona and Ndebele.
Chichewa and English be the official languages of the state of Malawi and all other languages should continue to be used in everyday private life in their respective areas.
It was clear in the field interviews that the acceptance of Chichewa as a national language and a symbol of nation-statehood seemed to be predicated on its being disassociated from a particular ethnic group, the Chewa.
Their basic argument is that a national language should not be identified with one specific ethnic group, or otherwise it will be politically divisive and inevitably erode the status of minority languages and pose a major threat to the identity of the speakers of those languages.
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