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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The official language is '''English'''.<br> | |||
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Major languages include: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewa_language '''Chichewa'''] - a language spoken by over 57% of the population. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewa_language '''Chinyanja'''] - 12.8% of the population. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_language '''Chiyao'''] - 10.1% of the population. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbuka_language '''Chitumbuka'''] - 9.5% of the population. | |||
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Other native languages are: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi_Lomwe_language '''Malawian Lomwe'''] - spoken by around 250,000 in the southeast of the country. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhuwa_language '''Kokola'''] - spoken by around 200,000 people also in the southeast. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambya_people '''Lambya'''] - spoken by around 45,000 in the northwestern tip. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndali_language '''Ndali'''] - spoken by around 70,000. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyakyusa_language '''Nyakyusa-Ngonde'''] - spoken by around 300,000 in northern Malawi. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sena_language '''Malawian Sena'''] - spoken by around 270,000 in southern Malawi. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga_language_(Malawi) '''Tonga'''] - spoken by around 170,000 in the north. | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
==References== | |||
== References == | |||
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==Word List(s)== | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | |||
==Additional Resources== | |||
== References == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
==Word List(s)== | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | |||
==Additional Resources== | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Malawi]] | [[Category:Malawi]] | ||