The Chichewa Language: Facts & Resources
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The Chichewa Language
The Chichewa language is spoken in Malawi where it served as the national language until 1968 until recently, it has served as the national language. Chichewa is of the Bantu language family. It is also referred to as Chinyanha.
The resources for learning Chichewa are limited, but there are a few programs available for learning Chichewa.The Chichewa language is spoken in Malawi and in areas of Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
In Malawi, approximately 65% of the population has a n active command of the Chichewa language.
In Mozambique, Chichewa is referred to as Chinyanja and is spoken by approximately 3.3% of the population.
In Zambia 16% of the population use Chinyanja as their first language. An additional 6 million speakers have fluent command of Chichewa are found throughout the world.
The resources for learning Chichewa are limited, but there are a few programs available for learning Chichewa.The Chichewa language is spoken in Malawi and in areas of Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
In Malawi, approximately 65% of the population has a n active command of the Chichewa language.
In Mozambique, Chichewa is referred to as Chinyanja and is spoken by approximately 3.3% of the population.
In Zambia 16% of the population use Chinyanja as their first language. An additional 6 million speakers have fluent command of Chichewa are found throughout the world.
Talk Now Beginner Chichewa Software
Learn 450 Basic Chichewa Words and Phrases
Talk Now! is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than eight million people to date. It's ideal for travelers, holiday makers, business people, school children, students and families. Anyone beginning to learn Chichewa will find the disc indispensable.
* Nine topics - first words, food, colors, phrases, parts of the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries.
* Speech recording- compare your voice with native speakers
* Two quiz levels- test what you've learned, earn points and monitor your progress.
* Memory Games- to improve your knowledge of key vocabulary.
* Intelligent Software - remembers words you get wrong and targets your weak points.
* Automatic Localization - lets you choose the language you learn from (more than 100 available).
* Wide range of words - from greetings and phrases to parts of the body, numbers and shopping.
* Gold Award- if you get all 1800 points when using the disc.
* Printable Dictionary with color pictures.
* iPod integration- listen to Talk Now Chichewa wherever you are!
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher; Windows 2000/ME/XP/Vista
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For more information visit Talk Now Beginner Chichewa Software.
Foreign Service Institute Chichewa Text Book and Audio CDs Course
These courses have been developed, tested by use, and improved over a period of many years.
Working with the Departments of Defense, Education, other government agencies, and various universities, the FSI has created the largest body of complete courses for languages of the world available anywhere.
This course is designed to teach the student to use Chinyanja, or Chichewa the language of Malawi.
It contains many useful sentences in the language and covers the main points of grammar and pronunciation, with suggestions on the proper use of the language.
The first part of the course teaches words and sentences that are most needed to get by in Malawi, and the second part reviews that material and goes deeper into the grammatical devices of the language.
For more information visit Chichewa Basic Course.
Survival Chichewa Course
A Great Resource for Short Term Trips
The Survival Chichewa Course is a short course intended to provide the student with basic phrases and vocabulary for those visiting Malawi and other countries where Chichewa/Chinyanja is spoken.The material included covers basic greetings, introductions, family, basic sentence structure, basic needs, commands and requests, numbers, food, feelings, house related items, and days of the week.
It is delivered as a download or as a physical CD ROM. Both formats include a PDF of the text and audio MP3 files of the audio material.
If you're interested visit Survival Chichewa Course.
English Chichewa-Chinyanja Dictionary
It is extremely helpful for foreign visitors and workers dealing with the Chichewa languages.
It is suited for individuals working in professional and tourist capacities, as well as in government and non governmental authorities, media situations, academia and in specialist fields such as medicine, information technology and the law.
For more information visit English Chichewa-Chinyanja Dictionary .
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