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Chichewa

/t͡ʃɪˈt͡ʃɛwə/

Chichewa proper noun: the Bantu language of the Chewa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.

Proper noun

Chichewa

  1. The Bantu language of the Chewa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.
    Synonyms:
    Nyanja, Chewa, Chinyanja

Synonyms of Chichewa

Forms of Chichewa

alternative formChicheŵa

Origin of Chichewa

From Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- (“language”) + Cheŵa.

Questions about Chichewa

What does Chichewa mean?
Chichewa means the Bantu language of the Chewa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.
What part of speech is Chichewa?
Chichewa is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chichewa?
Chichewa is pronounced /t͡ʃɪˈt͡ʃɛwə/.

Words near Chichewa in the dictionary

  1. Chichemec
  2. Chichemecs
  3. chichemes
  4. chiches
  5. Chichester
  6. Chichewa
  7. Chicheŵa
  8. chichi
  9. chichi man
  10. chichi men
  11. Chichibu

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