Nyanja
Nyanja is spoken by a total of
approximately 5,000,000 in central and southern Africa. The Nyanja (Maravi)
people are most often called the Mang’anja in Malawi. The Mang’anja are
located primarily in Chikwawa in the Shire River valley in southern Malawi.
Within Malawi there are over 3,000,000 speakers. Significant numbers are
found in the neighboring countries of; Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and
Tanzania..
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