- The
language has also gone by
several other names in English,
including chiYao or
ciYao (the
prefixed form), Achawa, Adsawa, Adsoa, Ajawa, Ayawa, Ayo,...
- by a
small strip of Makhuwa-speaking
territory from an area
where Yao or
ChiYao is used.
Makonde and Yao
belong to a
different group, Yao
being very close...
- Nahara, Makonde, Chopi, Chuwabu, Ronga, Kimwani, Nhungwe, Chimanika, Shona,
Chiyao, Chichewa, Bitonga, Ngoni, Tswa and Chitewe. The
language of the deaf community...
- English.
Major languages include Chichewa (42.5%),
Chitumbuka (31.2%), and
Chiyao (13.7%).
Other native languages are
Malawian Lomwe,
spoken by
around 250...
-
Rebellion in
German East Africa. The Yao
speak a
Bantu language known as
Chiyao (chi-
being the
class prefix for "language"), with an
estimated 1,000,000...
- Livingstone, who did not know
Chiyao,
possibly thought that
Nyasa was the
proper name of the lake. However, the term
Nyasa in
Chiyao meant the lake in English...
- verification]
English (official)
Chichewa 6,180,000
Chitumbuka - 4,180,000
Chiyao - 3,760,000
Chilomwe - 3,290,000
Chisena - 2,468,000
Chingoni - 37,500 Chitonga...
-
Chopi (800,000)
Ronga (700,000)
Chewa (Nyanja) (Chichewa) (600,000) Yao (
Chiyao) (500,000)
Nyungwe (Cinyungwe/Nhungue)(400,000)
Tonga (400,000) Makonde...
-
languages is onomatopoeic. It is
known as
Zililili in Chewa,
Chinawa in
Chiyao,
Chihaha or
Mwanawawa in Tumbuka, and
Mwalala in Khonde.
Colonial hunters...
- John
Alfred Clement (1983). "On the
Interpretation of
Aspect and
Tense in
Chiyao, Chichewa, and English"
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Wayback Machine. University...
