Malawi

===Languages===
{{main|Languages of Malawi}}
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|title=Languages of Malawi (1998 Census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsomalawi.mw/images/stories/data_on_line/demography/census_98/analytical_report.pdf |title=Census Analytical Report |website=nsomalawi.mw |access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|Chichewa|darkgreen|43.2}}
{{bar percent|Chitumbuka|purple|22.8}}
{{bar percent|Chiyao|red|11.1}}
{{bar percent|Chilomwe|black|12.5}}
{{bar percent|Chisena|orange|2.7}}
{{bar percent|Chilomwe|darkblue|2.4}}{{bar percent|Chitonga|green|1.7}}
{{bar percent|Chinkhonde|maroon|0.8}}
{{bar percent|Chingoni|darkgray|0.7}}
{{bar percent|Chilambya|tan|0.4}}
{{bar percent|Chisenga|lime|0.2}}
{{bar percent|Chinyakyusa|Violet|0.2}}
{{bar percent|English|lightgreen|0.2}}
{{bar percent|Other|lightblue|1.1}}
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The official language is English.<ref name=language>{{cite web |url=http://www.malawi.gov.mw |title=Malawi Government |publisher=Malawi Government |access-date=31 July 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Current Malawi health passport showing 3 languages most used in Malawi, English, Tumbuka and Chewa.jpg|thumb|Malawi health passport showing 3 languages most used in Malawi, '''English''' (red dot), [[Chewa language|Chewa]] (blue dot) and [[Tumbuka language|Tumbuka]] (green dot).]]
Major languages include [[Chewa language|Chichewa]], a [[Bantu language]] spoken by over 41% of the population, [[Tumbuka language|Chitumbuka]] (28.2%), [[Chewa language|Chinyanja]] (12.8%), and [[Yao language|Chiyao]] (16.1%).<ref name="CIA" /> Other [[native language]]s are [[Malawi Lomwe language|Malawian Lomwe]], spoken by around 250,000 in the southeast of the country; [[Kokola]], spoken by around 200,000 people also in the southeast; [[Lambya people|Lambya]], spoken by around 45,000 in the northwestern tip; [[Ndali language|Ndali]], spoken by around 70,000; [[Nyakyusa language|Nyakyusa-Ngonde]], spoken by around 300,000 in northern Malawi; Malawian [[Sena language|Sena]], spoken by around 270,000 in southern Malawi; and [[Tonga (Nyasa) language|Tonga]], spoken by around 170,000 in the north.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Malawi|title=Languages of Malawi|publisher=SIL International|access-date=21 November 2008|work=Ethnologue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129051300/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Malawi|archive-date=29 November 2010}}</ref>

All students in public elementary school receive instruction in Chichewa, which is described as the unofficial national language of Malawi. Students in private elementary schools, however, receive instruction in English if they follow the American or British curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Culture {{!}} Embassy of the Republic of Malawi in the United States|url=http://www.malawiembassy-dc.org/page/culture|access-date=2020-08-23|website=www.malawiembassy-dc.org|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926035417/http://www.malawiembassy-dc.org/page/culture|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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