Chinyanja
English
Proper noun
Chinyanja
- Synonym of Chichewa
Chichewa
Etymology
From nyanja (“lake”), referencing Lake Malawi rather than any specific ethnic group.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈɲa.ⁿd͡ʒá/
Noun
Chinyanjá class 7
- Chichewa, or a macrolanguage of which it is a dialect (a political distinction).