Chewa leid

Chewa, cried Nyanja an aa, is a leid o the Bantu leid faimily. The gender prefix chi- is uised for leids,^[3] sae the leid is forby kent as Chichewa an Chinyanja (spelled Cinyanja in Zambie), an locally Nyasa in Mozambique.

Chewa
Nyanja
Chichewa, Chinyanja
Native tae	Zambie, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Native speakers	12 million (2007)[1]
Leid faimily	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Nyasa Chewa
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Malawi
Recognised minority leid in	Zambie
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	ny
ISO 639-2	nya
ISO 639-3	nya
Guthrie code	N.30 (N.31, N.121)[2]
Linguasphere	99-AUS-xaa - xag