Editing Demographics of Malawi (section)

== Region distribution ==

=== Northern region ===
The Tumbuka people make up of 94% of the population of the Northen region. Other groups include the Ngonde, Lambya and Sukwa. The predominant and common language in the region is Chitumbuka, which is also spoken in Central  Region of Malawi.

The Tonga are part of the Tumbuka people too  horelocated in nthetcurrent erritories in early 19th Century.

=== Central region ===
[[File:Current Malawi health passport showing 3 languages most used in Malawi, English, Tumbuka and Chewa.jpg|left|thumb|312x312px|Malawi health passport showing 3 languages most used in Malawi, English (red dot), [[Chewa language|Chewa]] (blue dot) and [[Tumbuka language|Tumbuka]] (green dot).]]
The [[Chewa people|Chewa]] ethnic group make up about 65% of the population of the central region. Other ethnic groups found in the region include the Tumbuka and Ngoni, among others. Chichewa is the common language in the region, followed by Chitumbuka in some  districts such as Kasungu, Dowa and Nkhotakota. 

=== Southern region ===
The Southern region is made up of the Yao and the Lomwe people. They are both the Bantu groups who came from Mozambique due to wars. The common languages in urban areas such as Blantyre are Chichewa, English and Chitumbuka. In rural areas, Lomwe, Sena and Yao are used, primarily by elder people.