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Nkhata Bay 8.0 44.0 20.0 24.0 From Table 29, Chitumbuka is the most preferred language to be used by social workers in three districts, namely, Karonga, Rumphi and Mzimba. In Rumphi it is followed by both English and Chichewa each with 25.0%. In Karonga, Chitumbuka is followed by Chichewa and English respectively. In Mzimba it is followed by English and Chichewa respectively. In Chitipa the picture is more complex in the sense that three languages namely English, Chitumbuka and Chindali share the most preferred language position each with 17.6% followed by Chichewa, Chisukwa and Chilambia each with 11.8%. Chisukwa and Chilambia each with 11.8%. The lack of any discernible pattern reflects the complex nature of the job of the social worker. It should be noted here that a melange of languages are also mentioned perhaps reflecting the expectations people place on the social worker. Mzimba 7.1 Nkhamanga 4.1 Chilumba 3.1 Nyika 2.0 Kapolo 2.0 Other Less than 1 Table 30 shows Henga is considered the most appropriate variety for teaching followed by Rumphi, Karonga and Mzimba varieties respectively. The same parents/guardians were also asked to indicate where the best Chitumbuka is spoken, 41.8% indicated Rumphi; 34.7% mentioned Karonga, 16.3% said Mzimba; 2.0% said Nkhata Bay and 1% indicated Chitipa. In Rumphi 75 parents/guardians were interviewd, and were also requesteed to indicate what they considered to be the most appropppriate variety of Chitumbuka for teaching in schools, as was the case with the Karonga parents/guarduians. The following responses were obtained: Table 31: Rumphi Variety of Chitumbuka % Respondents Nkhamanga 24.0 44
Rumphi 17.3 Pure Tumbuka 6.7 Henga 5.3 Mzimba 5.3 Phoka 2.7 Ngoni 2.7 Nyika 1.3 Misuku 1.3 Nkhata Bay 1.3 Don’t know 16.0 N/A 14.7 Table 31 shows that in Rumphi, Nkhamanga is considered to be the most approppriate variety for teaching followed by the Rumphi variety and what is called “pure” Chitumbuka respectively. As a corollary question the parents/guardians were alo asked where the best Chitumbuka is spoken. 41.8% indicated Rumphi; 34.7% said Karonga; 16.3% indicated Mzimba; 2.0% indicated Nkhata Bay; 1.0% said Chitipa, and 4.1% did not know. It is intersing to note that the three varieties of Chitumbuka which are considered to be most appropriate for schools namely, Nkhamanga, Rumphi variety and Henga are, in fact all spoken in, Rumphi district. This raises the issue of what is understood by the term “Rumphi variety”. Again the data also shows that there was a significant 30% of the parents/gaurdians who did know anything about varieties of Chitumbuka. In Nkhata Bay 126 parents/guardians were interviewed and the following results for the most appropriate variety of Chitumbuka for schools were obtained: Table 32: Nkhata Bay Variety of Chitumbuka % Respondents Rumphi variety 19.0 Mzimba variety 16.7 Ngoni 10.3 Phoka 5.6 Henga 5.6 45
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Age Group Frequency % 09 20 4.9 1
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Tengani 11 2.7 Nsanje 35 8.6 Phodzo
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The majority of the pupils have cle
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6.5.2.3 VARIETIES Asked bout where
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mentioned the Nsanje variety, anoth
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6.5.4 “OTHER” RESPONDENTS’ RE
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grammars and dictionaries. (iv) The
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