A Niger-Congo language and a Bantu member of the Benue-Congo family of languages, spoken by c. 5 million people, mainly in Malawi, where it is an official language (together with English), as well as in parts of neighbouring countries (Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe); also called Chinyanja, Chewa, or Chichewa.
The language is spelt in the Roman alphabet. There is a variety of dialects spread over, Chewa, Ngoni and Manganja being one of them. Like most of the Bantu languages, Nyanja is also a tonal language.
| Courses | |
| Chinyanja basic course | NYA CBEG 4(USB) |
| Malawi training (by the Peace Corps) | NYA CBEG 1 |
| Talk Now! Chichewa | NYA CBEG 6(CD-ROM) |
| Tiyankhule ChiChewa = Let's speak ChiChewa | NYA CBEG 7(PACK) |
| Tiyeni! : Chicheŵa language course for newcomers to Malaŵi | NYA CBEG 5(PACK) |
| Town Nyanja : A learner's guide to Zambia's emerging national language | NYA CBEG 2 |
| Dictionaries | |
| Dictionary : Mtanthauziramawu : Chichewa/Chinyanja-English, English- Chichewa /Chinyanja | NYA DICO 1 |
| Films | |
| I am not a witch | BEM FILM 1(DVD)* |
| Grammar | |
| Chichewa for English speakers : A new & simplified approach | NYA GRAM 6 |
| The elements of Nyanja for English-speaking students | NYA GRAM 1 |
| An introduction to Chinyanja | NYA GRAM 2 |
| A practical approach to Chinyanja | NYA GRAM 3 |
| Simply Chichewa | NYA GRAM 4 |
| The syntax of Chichewa | NYA GRAM 5 |
| Listening - Factual | |
| The re-founding of the church | NYA LFACT 1(PACK) |
| Vocabulary | |
| Chichewa proverbs | NYA VOCAB 1(PACK) |