Malawi Languages

Description
The official language is English.

Major languages include:
 * Chichewa - also known as Chewa. A language spoken by over 57% of the population.
 * Chinyanja - 12.8% of the population.
 * Chiyao - also referred to as Yao language. 10.1% of the population.
 * Chitumbuka - also referred to as Tumbuka language. 9.5% of the population.

Other native languages are:
 * Malawian Lomwe - spoken by around 250,000 in the southeast of the country.
 * Kokola - spoken by around 200,000 people also in the southeast.
 * Lambya - spoken by around 45,000 in the northwestern tip.
 * Ndali - spoken by around 70,000.Gary Robinson ---
 * Nyakyusa-Ngonde - spoken by around 300,000 in northern Malawi.
 * Malawian Sena - spoken by around 270,000 in southern Malawi.
 * Tonga - spoken by around 170,000 in the north.

Word List(s)

 * 3100 Most Common Daily Use English-Chichewa Words And Their Meaning - Meaning in Hindi
 * Useful phrases in Chichewa - Omniglot
 * Useful Chichewa words & Phrases - Crafted Africa
 * Useful phrases in Tumbuka - Omniglot
 * Useful Tongan phrases - Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet
 * Chewa Language Vowels and Consonants - Wikipedia
 * Chichewa alphabet - Omniglot
 * Yao alphabet - Omniglot
 * Lambya alphabet - Omniglot
 * Nihali alphabet - Omniglot
 * Sena alphabet - Omniglot
 * Tongan alphabet - Omniglot

Pronunciation
 * Chewa is a tonal language - Wikipedia
 * Chewa Tonal details - Wikipedia
 * Chickewa pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Yao pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Tumbuka pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Lambya pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Nihali pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Sena pronunciation - Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
 * Steven Paas, Chichewa-English/English-Chichewa dictionary, Cape Town : Oxford University Press, 2017 - Available at WorldCat
 * Steven Paas, English-Chichewa-Chinyanja dictionary, Zomba [Malawi] : Kachere Series, 2005 - Available at WorldCat
 * William Y Turner, Chitumbuka chitonga-english/english-chitumbuka chitonga dictionary, Educa Books, 1996 - Available at WorldCat

 Online Dictionaries
 * Dictionary English - Tumbuka - Glosbe
 * Dictionary Malawi Lomwe - English - Glosbe
 * Dictionary Kokola - English - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Lambya - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Ndali - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Nyakyusa-Ngonde - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Tongan - Glosbe

Language Aids
 * Mervis Kamanga, Chewa (Chichewa) dictionary & phrasebook, New York, NY : Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2020 - Available at WorldCat
 * Mark Hanna Watkins, A grammar of Chichewa, a Bantu language of British Central Africa, 	New York : Kraus Reprint, 1966 - Available at WorldCat
 * Pierpaolo Monella & Victor Wolfer, Chitumbuka grammar, 	Balaka, Malawi : Montfort Media, 2014 - Available at WorldCat

Additional Resources

 * T D Thomson, A practical approach to Chinyanja, Zomba, Nyasaland : The Government Printer, 1955 - Available at WorldCat