齐切瓦语
| 齐切瓦语 | |
|---|---|
| Chicheŵa | |
| 母语国家和地区 | 马拉维、莫桑比克、赞比亚、津巴布韦 |
母语使用人数 | 9.3百万 |
| 語系 | |
| 官方地位 | |
| 作为官方语言 |  马拉维 |
| 語言代碼 | |
| ISO 639-1 | ny |
| ISO 639-2 | nya |
| ISO 639-3 | nya |
齐切瓦语（Chicheŵa），也稱尼扬贾语（Nyanja）、馬拉維語，是馬拉維共和国的官方语言之一，也是当地土著的母语。这种语言主要通行于马拉維共和国，並有五百多万人（当中接近四百万人在马拉維、一百万在赞比亚、其余散布于鄰近国家）以这种语言作母语，语言人口接近一千万。属于班图语族的一个分支。
片語範例
| 中文 | 齊切瓦語 | 城鎮齊切瓦語 |
|---|---|---|
| 你好嗎？ | Muli bwanji? | Muli bwanji? |
| 我很好 | Ndili bwino | Nili bwino / Nili mushe |
| 謝謝 | Zikomo | Zikomo |
| 是 | Inde | Ee |
| 不是 | Iyai | Awe |
| 你叫什麼名字？ | Dzina lanu ndani? | Zina yanu ndimwe bandani? |
| 我叫... | Dzina langa ndine... | Zina yanga ndine... |
| 你有多少孩子？ | Muli ndi ana angati? | Muli na bana bangati? |
| 我有兩個孩子 | Ndili ndi ana awiri | Nili na bana babili |
| 我要... | Ndifuna... | Nifuna... |
| 食物 | Chakudya | Chakudya |
| 水 | Madzi | Manzi |
| 多少錢？ | Ndi zingati? | Ni zingati? |
| 明天見 | Tidzaonana mawa | Tizaonana mailo |
參考文獻
- Paas, Steven, 2012. 3rd edition. Dictionary / Mtanthauziramawu. English – Chichewa / Chinyanja // Chichewa / Chinyanja – English. VTR Publications. ISBN 978-3-941750-87-6
- Mchombo, Sam, 2004. The Syntax of Chichewa. Cambridge Syntax Guides
- Hetherwick, Alexander. A Practical Manual of the Nyanja Language .... Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1907 [25 August 2012].
- Henry, George, 1904. A grammar of Chinyanja, a language spoken in British Central Africa, on and near the shores of Lake Nyasa.
- Laws, Robert. An English-Nyanja dictionary of the Nyanja language spoken in British Central Africa. J. Thin. 1894: 1– [25 August 2012].
- Rebman, John; Church Missionary Society. Dictionary of the Kiniassa language. Gregg. 1877: 65– [25 August 2012].
- Riddel, Alexander. A Grammar of the Chinyanja Language as Spoken at Lake Nyassa: With Chinyanja-English and English-Chinyanja Vocabularies. J. Maclaren & Son. 1880 [25 August 2012].
- Woodward, M. E., 1895. A vocabulary of English-Chinyanja and Chinyanja-English as spoken at Likoma, Lake Nyasa. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
- Missionários da Companhia de Jesus 1963. Dicionário Cinyanja-Português. Junta de Investigaçôes do Ultramar.
外部連結
维基百科提供如下语言版本：齐切瓦语维基百科
- Ethnologue - NYANJA: a language of Malawi
- English / Chichewa (Nyanja) Online Dictionary
- Chewa Dictionary from Webster's Dictionary
- Chichewa Home Page
- Information on the Chichewa translation of the Holy Bible Includes the Chichewa translation of John 1:1-10.
- PanAfrican L10n wiki page on Chewa/Nyanja
- Online English–Chichewa Dictionary
- USA Foreign Service Institute Chinyanja basic course
- Adaptation of English loanwords in Chichewa
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