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Chichewa
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Chichewa [tʃɪˈtʃeɪwə]
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(Linguistics / Languages) the language of the Chewa people of central Africa, widely used as a lingua franca in Malawi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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Noun1.Chichewa - a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
Cewa, Chewa
Malawi, Nyasaland, Republic of Malawi - a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
Northern Rhodesia, Republic of Zambia, Zambia - a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe - a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
2.Chichewa - the Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa
Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
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