Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 swk
Malawi Sena Language Cisena
Malawi Sena is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.6 million people in 2 countries. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Malawi Sena is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Malawi Sena language
Malawi Sena (Cisena) is spoken by about 1.6 million people, which makes it the 360th most spoken language in the world — just behind Southern Ma'di (1.6 million) and ahead of Tsimihety Malagasy (1.6 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Senaic group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Malawi Sena spoken?
Malawi Sena is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Malawi (1.6 million).
Malawi Sena is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Malawi Sena is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Sena, Chichewa, Tumbuka, Swahili, Zulu, Tsonga and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 swk.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.