齐切瓦语(Chicheŵa),也稱尼扬贾语(Nyanja)、馬拉維語,是馬拉維共和国的官方语言之一,也是当地土著的母语。这种语言主要通行于马拉維共和国,並有五百多万人(当中接近四百万人在马拉維、一百万在赞比亚、其余散布于鄰近国家)以这种语言作母语,语言人口接近一千万。属于班图语族的一个分支。
片語範例
中文 |
齊切瓦語 |
城鎮齊切瓦語
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你好嗎? |
Muli bwanji? |
Muli bwanji?
|
我很好 |
Ndili bwino |
Nili bwino / Nili mushe
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謝謝 |
Zikomo |
Zikomo
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是 |
Inde |
Ee
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不是 |
Iyai |
Awe
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你叫什麼名字? |
Dzina lanu ndani? |
Zina yanu ndimwe bandani?
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我叫... |
Dzina langa ndine... |
Zina yanga ndine...
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你有多少孩子? |
Muli ndi ana angati? |
Muli na bana bangati?
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我有兩個孩子 |
Ndili ndi ana awiri |
Nili na bana babili
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我要... |
Ndifuna... |
Nifuna...
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食物 |
Chakudya |
Chakudya
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水 |
Madzi |
Manzi
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多少錢? |
Ndi zingati? |
Ni zingati?
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明天見 |
Tidzaonana mawa |
Tizaonana mailo
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註釋
參考文獻
- Paas, Steven, 2012. 3rd edition. Dictionary / Mtanthauziramawu. English – Chichewa / Chinyanja // Chichewa / Chinyanja – English. VTR Publications. ISBN 978-3-941750-87-6
- Mchombo, Sam, 2004. The Syntax of Chichewa. Cambridge Syntax Guides
- Hetherwick, Alexander. A Practical Manual of the Nyanja Language .... Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1907 [25 August 2012]. (原始内容存档于2021-04-15).
- Henry, George, 1904. A grammar of Chinyanja, a language spoken in British Central Africa, on and near the shores of Lake Nyasa (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆).
- Laws, Robert. An English-Nyanja dictionary of the Nyanja language spoken in British Central Africa. J. Thin. 1894: 1– [25 August 2012]. (原始内容存档于2020-12-04).
- Rebman, John; Church Missionary Society. Dictionary of the Kiniassa language. Gregg. 1877: 65– [25 August 2012]. (原始内容存档于2015-03-19).
- Riddel, Alexander. A Grammar of the Chinyanja Language as Spoken at Lake Nyassa: With Chinyanja-English and English-Chinyanja Vocabularies. J. Maclaren & Son. 1880 [25 August 2012]. (原始内容存档于2021-04-15).
- Woodward, M. E., 1895. A vocabulary of English-Chinyanja and Chinyanja-English as spoken at Likoma, Lake Nyasa (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
- Missionários da Companhia de Jesus 1963. Dicionário Cinyanja-Português. Junta de Investigaçôes do Ultramar.
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