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Nyanja
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Nyan·ja  (nynj)
n.
A Bantu language closely related to Chewa and spoken in Malawi.
Nyanja [ˈnjændʒə]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ja, -jas a member of a Negroid people of central Africa, living chiefly in Malawi
2. (Linguistics / 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
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The other, the ancestors of the Nyanjas, moved down the east bank to the southern part of the country.
Malawi by Background Notes
The other, the ancestors of the Nyanjas, moved down the east bank to the southern part of the country.
Malawi by Background Notes
 
 
 
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