Malawian Lomwe is a dialect of the Lomwe language spoken predominantly in Malawi. It shares many linguistic features with Mozambique Lomwe yet possesses distinct phonological characteristics. It is used mainly in everyday conversations and some local media.
| 🌐 ISO Code: | lon / lon |
| 🧬 Language Family: | Niger-Congo, Bantu |
| ✍️ Writing System: | Latin alphabet |
| 🔤 Alphabet Size: | 26 |
| 📍 Spoken In: | Malawi |
| 🗣️ Native Speakers: | 0.8 million |
| 🌎 Total Speakers: | 0.8 million |
| 📚 Wikipedia Articles: | 3 |
| 🏛️ UN Official Language: | — |
| 📖 Literature Age: | 1 centuries |
| 👨🎓 Language Learners: | 0.02 million |
| 🗺️ Dominant Region: | Malawi |
| 🔠 Has Transliteration: | — |
| 🧩 Grammatical Cases: | 0 |
| 🎵 Tonal Language: | — |
| 👩🎤 Grammatical Gender: | noun classes |
| 🔡 Average Word Length: | 2 syllables |
| 🔤 Verb Conjugation Complexity: | moderate |
| 🧩 Scrabble Score (avg): | 7.9 |
| ⏳ FSI Learning Hours: | 1100 |
| 📏 Longest Word: | Chilomwe |
| 🤖 Our AI Knowledge: |
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Distinct dialectal information available but similar to Lomwe proper.
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