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Chichewa

[ chi-chey-wah ]

Chichewa

/ tʃɪˈtʃeɪwə /

noun

  1. the language of the Chewa people of central Africa, widely used as a lingua franca in Malawi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family


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In the Chichewa language spoken in Malawi, preterm birth is kuchila masika asankwane, which means “born too soon.”

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