Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nyan-juh]
- /ˈnyæn dʒə/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [nyan-juh]
- /ˈnyæn dʒə/
Definitions of nyanja word
- noun nyanja a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and Zambia. 1
- noun nyanja a member of a Negroid people of central Africa, living chiefly in Malawi 0
- noun nyanja the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family. Nyanja forms the basis of a pidgin used as a lingua franca in central Africa 0
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Origin of nyanja
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Nyanja
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nyanja popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.