chiChewa is spoken by 4,864,000 people: 3,200,000 in Malawi, 989,000 in Zambia, 423,000 in Mozambique, 252,000 in Zimbabwe.
Publishing History
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1901.
The New Testament was first published in 1906.
The complete Bible was first published in 1922.
This Page
This shows the first few verses from John's Gospel in the Interconfessional version, first published in 1977 by Mali, Blantyre. This page is taken from a New Testament published in 1992 by United Bible Societies, Nairobi.
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1901.
The New Testament was first published in 1906.
The complete Bible was first published in 1922.