A Chindali and English Dictionary with an Index to Proto-Bantu Roots

Chindali is a Bantu language of eastern Africa, spoken in the southwest Mbeya region of Tanzania and in the northern Chitipa District of Malawi. There are about 70,000 speakers in Malawi and 150,000 in Tanzania. In Malawi, not only are there varieties known as Chindali, but also the closely related variety known as Chisukwa. This dict. focuses on the Chindali varieties spoken in northern Malawi, excl. Chisukwa. Contents: Guide to the Dict.: Linguistic Studies of Chindali; Chindali-English Dict.; English-Chindali Index; Index to Proto-Bantu Roots; Append.: Chindali Kinship Terms; Paradigms of Chindali Pronouns; Paradigms of Chindali Demonstratives; Numbers and Time; Verbs of Perception; Verbes of Location and Position; Verbs of Motion.