SOCIOLOLINGUISTIC SURVEYS - Centre for Language Studies
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N/A 33.3<br />
A follow up question requested the pupils to indicate where the best Chitumbuka is<br />
spoken. The following results were obtained: 35.6% of the pupils indicated both Rumphi<br />
and Mzimba; 9.1% said Chitipa; 4.5% indicated Karonga; 3.8% said Nkhata Bay; 1.5%<br />
said Kasungu; and 8.35 did not know.<br />
Table 48 Karonga<br />
Variety of Chitumbuka<br />
% Respondents<br />
Rumphi 14.5<br />
Mzimba 10.1<br />
Henga 8.5<br />
Ngoni 6.0<br />
Phoka 4.0<br />
Karonga 4.0<br />
Nkhamanga 2.4<br />
Cilumba 2.0<br />
Other<br />
Less than<br />
No response 1.6<br />
Dont know 17.3<br />
N/A 26.6<br />
On the supplementary quetion of where the best Chitumbuka is spoken, 45.6% indicated<br />
Rumphi, 28.6%said Mzimba; 17.3% mentioned Karonga, Chitipa, Nkhata Bay, and<br />
Kasungu each had 0.8%, 4.8% indicated that they did not know.<br />
Table 49:<br />
Rumphi<br />
Variety of Chitumbuka<br />
%Respondents<br />
Nkhamanga 35.6<br />
Rumphi 20.7<br />
Mzimba 2.3<br />
Henga 1.1<br />
Phoka 1.1<br />
Bolero 1.1<br />
No response 2.3<br />
Don’t know 11.5<br />
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