Chichewa

Chichewa

(tʃɪˈtʃeɪwə)

n

(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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Che•wa

(ˈtʃeɪ wɑ)

n., pl. -was, (esp. collectively) -wa.

1. Also, Cewa. a member of an African people, a branch of the Maravi, living mainly in S Malawi and adjacent parts of Zambia and Mozambique.

2. Also, Chichewa , Cicewa. the Bantu language of the Chewa: an official language of Malawi.

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Noun	1.	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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