Chewa language resources – Language Links Database
Chewa (also known as Nyanja, /ˈnjændʒə/) is a Bantu language spoken in much of Southern, Southeast and East Africa, namely the countries of Malawi and Zambia, where it is an official language, and Mozambique and Zimbabwe where it is a recognised minority language. The noun class prefix chi- is used for languages, so the language is usually called Chichewa and Chinyanja (spelled Cinianja in Mozambique). In Malawi, the name was officially changed from Chinyanja to Chichewa in 1968 at the insistence of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda (himself of the Chewa people), and this is still the name most commonly used in Malawi today. In Zambia, the language is generally known as Nyanja or Cinyanja/Chinyanja '(language) of the lake' (referring to Lake Malawi). Chewa belongs to the same language group (Guthrie Zone N) as Tumbuka, Sena and Nsenga.
More information: Wikipedia
Native speakers: 12 million (2007)
Official language in: Malawi, Zambia
Chewa Grammar, Pronunciation and Vocabulary
- chalochatu.org - Phonology, Consonants, Grammar, Verbs & more
- esafrican.com - Chichewa Courses. “We have an online 10-lesson Beginners Chichewa course. The course is delivered by a professional and very experienced Chichewa language teacher. He has many years experience of teaching Chichewa both to foreigners living in Malawi and in private schools. The individual lessons come with 10 videos to help with the pronunciation and practicing and with sets of notes for each lesson. Each lesson therefore has three elements (i) face to face online personal tuition, (ii) prepared notes and (iii) videos to help practice the sounds.”
- AmazingTalker - Paid personlized Chewa 4 weeks learning plan on vocabulary
- Modern Chewa verbs : master the simple tenses of the Chewa language - Kasahorow
- Chichewa intensive course
- Learning Chicheŵa : a Peace Corps language course
Chewa Vocabulary
- 1000 Most Common Chichewa Words
- An Introduction to Chichewa - Basic Chichewa Words and Phrases
- Nyanja (Chewa) Phrasebook
Chewa Reading Materials
- livelingua.com - Free Chewa Lessons and Reading Materials to Download
- Free Chewa (Chinyanja) Course with Audio and Text - “This free Chewa course was created by the US Peace Corps to provide fast and effective language training to volunteers heading to regions where the Chewa language is spoken. It includes the original Peace Corps Chewa audio lessons and associated text document.”
- mwnation.com - newspaper online
Chewa Dictionaries
Chewa Listening and Video Resources
- Learn Chichewa - onclaudi9 - “Little Chichewa for traveller”
- CHICHEWA LESSON 1 | Freddie&JadeVlogs
- CHICHEWA LESSON 2 | Freddie&JadeVlogs
- CHICHEWA LESSON 3 | Freddie&JadeVlogs
- Radio Chichewa - 2 Radio Stations
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