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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Malawi > Nyika

Nyika

A language of Malawi

ISO 639-3: nkv

Population  5,000 in Malawi (2007). Population total all countries: 10,000.
Region  Northern Province, Chitipa Division, Chisenga area villages. Also in Zambia.
Language map  Malawi
Alternate names   Chinyika, Kinyika
Dialects  Similar to Malawi Nyiha [nyr].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyika-Safwa (M.20)
Language use  All domains.

Also spoken in:

Zambia

Language name   Nyika
Population  5,000 in Zambia (2007).
Region  Northern Province, Isoka District, Mulekatembo village area.
Alternate names  Chinyika, Kinyika
Language use  All domains.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KRÜGER, Susanne; LINDFORS, Anna-Lena; NAGLER, Louise; WOODWARD, Mark, authors. 2009. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Nyiha and Nyika language communities in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi."  Available online