Nyiha (Nyixa, Nyika) is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
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primarily spoken in Tanzania and Zambia. The language of the 10,000 speakers in Malawi is different enough to sometimes be considered a distinct language.
References
External links
University of Malawi Language Mapping Survey (2006)Contains comparative vocabulary and a short text in Malawian Nyika.
*Krüger et al. (2009
"A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Nyiha and Nyika language communities in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi"
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Rukwa languages
Languages of Tanzania
Languages of Malawi