Chewa-english Dictionary & Phrasebook

This unique, two-part Chewa language resource provides travelers to Malawi and neighboring regions with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has 4,000 entries for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics like shopping, dining, business, healthcare, and aid work.

About the author

Mervis Kamanga holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics and is a lecturer at the Department of African Languages and Linguistics, University of Malawi.Aquilina Mawadza has held lectureship and adjunct faculty positions at the University of the Western Cape, the University of Zimbabwe and Howard University. She holds a PhD degree in Media & Migration Studies and an M.A in Languages and Communication from the University of Florida, where she also taught Shona. She is the author of Beginner’s Shona with 2 Audio CDs, also by Hippocrene Books. She resides in Cape Town, South Africa.

Summary

The first bilingual Chewa (Chichewa) phrasebook and dictionary available!Chewa (also known as Chichewa, Chinyanja, or Nyanja) is a Bantu language spoken by about 12 million people worldwide, mostly in southeastern Africa. It is the official language of Malawi, and is also spoken in Zambia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.This unique, two-part

Product details

• Authors: Mervis Kamanga, Mervis (COM)/ Mawadza Kamanga
• Assisted by: Mervis Kamanga (Editor), Aquilina Mawadza (Editor), Aquilina Mawadza (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2019
• EAN: 9780781813969
• ISBN: 978-0-7818-1396-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia