Nyasa languages

{{Short description|Group of Bantu languages}} {{Unreferenced|date=October 2025}} {{Notability|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox language family |name=Nyasa |altname= |region=[[Malawi]] and surrounding areas |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Volta-Congo]] |fam4=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam5=[[Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone N|Zone N]]) |glotto=sena1269 |glottoname=Sena–Nyanja |glotto2=tumb1250 |glottoname2=Tumbuka }}

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

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

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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