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Nyasa
Nyasa
Geographic; distribution	Malawi and surrounding areas
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone N) Nyasa; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog	sena1269 (Sena–Nyanja); tumb1250 (Tumbuka)

Nyasa languages

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The Nyasa languages are an apparently valid genealogical group of Bantu languages. With the reassignment of a couple of Guthrie Zone N languages to other branches, Nyasa is essentially synonymous with Zone N. The languages and their Guthrie identifications are:

Tumbuka (N21)
Tonga language (Malawi) (N15)
Chewa (Nyanja) (N31)
Sena group (N40): Chikunda-Nyungwe (N42, N43), Sena (incl. Podzo, Rue) (N44)

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The poorly known Mwera (Nyasa) language spoken at Mbamba Bay on the east side of Lake Malawi is classified as N201 and presumably belongs here as well.

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Nyasa
Geographic distribution	Malawi and surrounding areas
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone N) Nyasa
Glottolog	`sena1269` (Sena–Nyanja) `tumb1250` (Tumbuka)

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