Nyanja

American  

[nyan-juh] / ˈnyæn dʒə /

noun

1. a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and Zambia.

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Nyanja British  

/ ˈnjændʒə /

noun

1. a member of a Negroid people of central Africa, living chiefly in Malawi

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family. Nyanja forms the basis of a pidgin used as a lingua franca in central Africa

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Etymology

Origin of Nyanja

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

I tend, when I think in Zambian words, to think in Bemba, not Nyanja.

From Los Angeles Times

Nyoni, working in English and the local language of Nyanja, has an unforced way of dealing with themes like exploitation, oppression and superstition, showing how easy it can be for nonsense to pass itself off as sense.

From Los Angeles Times

In the Nyanja story, Leopard and Hare are mentioned as meeting with refusals, before the Hyena arrives on the scene.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not recall anything similar in Nyanja tales, but cannot help connecting with the above the fact that animals, whatever class their names may belong to, are usually treated as persons in the tales.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no suggestion of trickery in the Nyanja story, whereas it is brought out very strongly both in Hlakanyana and the Sukuma example.

From Project Gutenberg