Freelang Chichewa-English dictionary

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Chichewa – The language of 4 countries

Many speakers of indigenous languages are reluctant to use their languages online due to the challenges they face, such as finding the proper terminology for computing terms and keyboard input. However, this has not deterred Edmond Kachale, a software developer based in Malawi. Edmond is determined to come up with software applications in Chichewa and has so far been involved in the translation of the Google interface into Chichewa. He tweets in English and Chichewa and runs a [...]

Chichewa, also known as Chewa, Nyanja or Chinyanja, is a Bantu language spoken in south-central Africa. It is the national language of Malawi, the third most widely used language in Zimbabwe after Shona (a close relative) and Ndebele, and it is also spoken in Mozambique and Zambia. There are 9.3 million speakers.

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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the Chichewa-English and the English-Chichewa lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

This dictionary was made by Renato B. Figueiredo.

Chichewa > English: 1,866 words
English > Chichewa: 1,645 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: December 21, 2008

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