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Nyiha, Malawi

A language of Malawi

ISO 639-3nyr

Population  10,000 (2007).
Region  Northern Province, Chitipa Division, villages around the town of Kameme.
Language map  Malawi
Alternate names   Shinyiha, Kinyiha
Dialects  Similar to Nyiha [nih].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyika-Safwa (M.20)
Comments  Different from Nyika [nyf](Giryama) of Kenya and Nyiha [nih] of Tanzania.

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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