Where does “Chinyanja” come from?

Chinyanja (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa chi-, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀- — Class 7 noun prefix.

Chinyanja (Chichewa): Chichewa, or a macrolanguage of which it is a...

Definitions

  1. Chichewa, or a macrolanguage of which it is a...

Ancestry of “Chinyanja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewachi-language prefix; language
2Proto-Bantukɪ̀-Class 7 noun prefix

Words derived from “Chinyanja”

Every word from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀- →Every word from Chichewa chi- →