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An exception is that nouns which at an earlier period had HH (such as nsómba 'fish', from proto-Bantu *cómbá) have changed in Chichewa to HL by Meeussen's rule. Two-syllable nouns in Chichewa can therefore have the tones HL, LH, or LL, these three being about equally common, but (discounting the fact that LH words are usually in practice ...
Their language is called Chichewa. Internationally, the Chewa are mainly known for their masks and their secret societies, called Nyau , as well as their agricultural techniques. The Chewa (like the Nyanja, Tumbuka , Senga , Nsenga, Mang'anja ) are a remnant of the Maravi (Malawi) people or empire.
Chichewa, a language widely spoken in Malawi, is tonal but has accentual properties. Most Chichewa simple nouns have only one high tone, usually on one of the last three syllables. [90] (See Chichewa tones.) chímanga "maize" chikóndi "love" chinangwá "cassava" (usually pronounced chinăngwā, with rising tone on the penultimate) [91]
The noun class prefix chi-is used for languages, [4] so the language is usually called Chichewa and Chinyanja. In Malawi, the name was officially changed from Chinyanja to Chichewa in 1968 at the insistence of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda (himself of the Chewa people ), and this is still the name most commonly used in Malawi today. [ 5 ]
Nkhotakota (Un-kho-tah-kho-tuh) (formerly Kota Kota) (name derived from the Chichewa for "Corner Corner") is a town and one of the districts in the Central Region of Malawi. It is on the shore of Lake Malawi (formerly Lake Nyasa) and is one of the main ports on Lake Malawi. As of 2018, Nkhotakota had a population estimated at 28,350.
The Speech! allophone-based speech synthesizer software for the BBC Micro was tweaked to pronounce ghoti as fish. [13] Examination of the code reveals the string GHOTI used to identify the special case. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, there is a series of fish-type cards called "Ghoti". [14]
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