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Nyanja (Chichewa dialect)

Location Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Family NIGER-CONGO (Bantu)
Reference Bentley, Mayrene, and Andrew Kulemeka (2001) Muenchen: Lincom Europa.
Core inventory
pʰ,pʰʷ,pʰ,tʰ,tʰʷ,ⁿtʰ,kʰ,kʰʷ,kʰ,p,pʷ,p,t,tʷ,ⁿt,k,kʷ,ⁿk,b,bʷ,b,bʷ,d,dʷ,ⁿd,ⁿdʷ,ɟ,ⁿɟ,ɡ,ɡʷ,ɡ,i,u,tʃʰ,tʃʰʷ,ⁿtʃʰʷ,ɪ,ʊ,ps,ts,tʃ,tʃʷ,ⁿtʃʷ,e,o,dz,dʒ,ɛ,ɔ,bʲ,a,f,fʷ,f,s,sʷ,ⁿs,ʃ,v,vʷ,v,z,zʷ,ⁿz,m,mʷ,n,nʷ,ŋ,l,l,w,j,nʲ,ⁿɡʷ
Marginal inventory
Consonants
pʰ,pʰʷ,tʰ,tʰʷ,ⁿtʰ,kʰ,kʰʷ,p,pʷ,t,tʷ,ⁿt,k,kʷ,b,bʷ,d,dʷ,ⁿd,ⁿdʷ,ɟ,ⁿɟ,ɡ,ɡʷ,tʃʰ,tʃʰʷ,ⁿtʃʰʷ,ps,ts,tʃ,tʃʷ,ⁿtʃʷ,dz,dʒ,bʲ,f,fʷ,s,sʷ,ⁿs,ʃ,v,vʷ,z,zʷ,ⁿz,m,mʷ,n,nʷ,ŋ,l,w,j,nʲ
Vowels
i,u,ɪ,ʊ,e,o,ɛ,ɔ,a
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