The "Scots" that wis uised in this airticle wis written bi a body that haesna a guid grip on the leid.Please mak this airticle mair better gin ye can. (October 2020)
| Chewa | |
|---|---|
| Nyanja | |
| Chichewa, Chinyanja | |
| Native tae | Zambie, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
Native speakers | 12 million (2007)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in |  Malawi |
Recognised minority leid in | |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ny |
| ISO 639-2 | nya |
| ISO 639-3 | nya |
Guthrie code | N.30 (N.31, N.121)[2] |
| Linguasphere | 99-AUS-xaa - xag |
Chewa, cried Nyanja an aa, is a leid o the Bantu leid faimily. The gender prefix chi- is uised for leids,[3] sae the leid is forby kent as Chichewa an Chinyanja (spelled Cinyanja in Zambie), an locally Nyasa in Mozambique.