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Language code: nya

Technical information about ISO 639 language code nya

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The table below provides technical details for the Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja language, designated by the nya code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

nya

Name

Official

Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja

Native

ChiCheŵa

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Standard Central ChichewaMang'anjaZambian NyanjaEastern Nyanja
Related languages
TumbukaNsengaKundaSenaLomwe
Key facts
Uses a two-level tonal system that can change word meaningVerbal morphology is highly agglutinative, packing subject, tense, aspect, object and negation into one wordHas just five vowel phonemes pronounced clearly and without length contrastFeatures roughly 18 noun classes that control agreement across the sentenceChewa oral tradition is renowned for its rich store of proverbs, riddles and folktales
Sample phrase

Moni, muli bwanji?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja language, identified by the code nya, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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