Nyiha, Malawi

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A language of Malawi

ISO 639-3
nyr
Alternate Names
Kinyiha, Shinyiha
User Population

10,000 (2007).

Location

Chitipa district: Kameme town area villages.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyiha-Safwa (M.23)
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to but not the same at Nyiha [nyf] (Giryama) of Kenya and Nyiha [nih] of Tanzania.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nyiha, Malawi
Writing

Latin script [Latn], limited usage.