Chewa
language of the Bantu language family
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Summary
Chewa is a natural language[1]. Chewa draws 1,496 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #167 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Malawi[3], Mozambique[4], Zambia[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6]
- Subclass of: Nyasa[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8]
- Commons category: Chewa language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: ny[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chewa language[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 12,000,000[12]
- Native label: Chilankhulo cha Chichewa[13], Chicheŵa[14]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[15]
- Indigenous to: Central Region[16], Niassa Province[17], Zambezia Province[18], Tete Province[19], Central Province[20], Eastern Province[21]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NYA[22]
- Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication[23]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[24], agglutinative language[25], syllabic language[26]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Chewa-language films[27]
Why It Matters
Chewa has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Chewa is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]