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ISO 639-3 · lonlon
Niger–Congo family

Malawi Lomwe

Malawi Lomwe is a language of the Makua branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Malawi.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
lon
Glottocode
mala1256
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameMalawi Lomwe
Also calledMalawi Lomwe language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Malawi Lomwe

The branches above Malawi Lomwe, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch10MakuabranchlonMalawi Lomwelanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Malawi14 languages in the index

Also spoken in Malawi

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalyaoYaoNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingnyyNyakyusaNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingtogTongaNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingndhNdaliNiger–Congo6a · VigorouslaiLambyaNiger–Congo6a · VigorousswkMalawi SenaNiger–Congo5 · Developing