Mwanga , or Namwanga (Nyamwanga), is a Bantu language spoken by the Mwanga people in the Muchinga Province of Zambia (mainly in the districts of Isoka and Nakonde ) and in Mbeya Region , Tanzania . The 2010 Zambian census found 140,000 speakers. The current number in Tanzania is unknown; Ethnologue cites a figure from 1987 of 87,000.
6-721: There are also some speakers of Namwanga in the north-west part of Chitipa District in northern Malawi . The Namwanga language is similar to the Mambwe language spoken by the Mambwe people of Mbala and Mpulungu districts and the Lungu people also found in Isoka. Other similar smaller peoples include the Lambyas , the Nyikas and the Wandyas . Nyamwanga has 5 vowels and 17 consonants,
12-430: A different group, while Chitumbuka is a little more distant and is classified as belonging to zone N. The Nyiha language (Chinyiha or Cinyiha) is spoken in the far north-west corner of the district but also, in a form called Chinyika (which is described as a dialect of Chinyiha heavily influenced by Chitumbuka) further south around the village of Chisenga. Between these two, around the town of Chitipa itself, Lambya
18-538: A total of 22 letters Vowels: A E I O U Consonants: B D F G HJ K L M N P S SH T V W Y Z Chitipa District Chitipa District is the northernmost district in the Northern Region of Malawi . The capital is Chitipa (formerly known as Fort Hill). The district covers an area of 4,288 km , and has a population of 234,927. Chitipa borders fellow districts Karonga and Rumphi , as well as neighboring countries Tanzania and Zambia . The district
24-562: Is divided into five main areas known as Misuku to the east, Kameme to the north, Bulambia right at the centre while Wenya and Nthalire areas are situated to the south. There are five National Assembly constituencies in Chitipa: Since the 2009 election all of these constituencies have been held by members of the Democratic Progressive Party . The district council has two arms of government:
30-573: The district. According to a language survey carried out in 2006 by the University of Malawi, the principal languages spoken are as follows (the spelling Ci- is also found): The first three groups are fairly close, and are all classified as belonging to zone M in the Guthrie classification of Bantu languages (specifically to the Rukwa language group ). Chibemba is also classified in zone M, but in
36-462: The political arm and administrative arm. The political arm is headed by an elected council chairperson, a position which has been held by Isaac Mwepa since 2014. The administrative arm is headed by a District Commissioner. The District also has ten elected councillors: At the time of the 2018 Census of Malawi , the distribution of the population of Chitipa District by ethnic group was as follows: A number of different languages or dialects spoken in
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