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nyanja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
nyan-ja
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Chichewa language.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Chichewa chi- Chichewa Chi- Proto-Bantu *njànjá Chichewa nyanjá Chichewa Chinyanjábor. English Nyanja Borrowed from Chichewa Chinyanjá (“Chichewa (language)”).

Questions

What does nyanja mean?
The Chichewa language.
Where does nyanja come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Chichewa chi- Chichewa Chi- Proto-Bantu *njànjá Chichewa nyanjá Chichewa Chinyanjábor. English Nyanja Borrowed from Chichewa Chinyanjá (“Chichewa (language)”).

How to pronounce nyanja

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