Modern population

Nyanja

Nyanja

Nyanja is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Nyanja), with 16 samples from Central Region, Malawi.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Sena, Ndau and Changana, and among ancient ones Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP), Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP) and Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo).

Period
Modern
Country
Malawi
Origin
Central Region, Malawi
Sampled near
Al Qadarif 14.15, 34.14
Samples
16
Catalogue
Nyanja

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1SenaSena0.48
2NdauNdau0.59
3ChanganaChangana0.81
4ManyikaManyika0.94
5YaoYao0.96
6TswaTswa1.01
7BitongaBitonga1.04
8ChopiChopi1.06
9MakhuwaMakhuwa1.27
10RongaRonga1.60
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP2.51
2Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP2.63
3Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.14
4Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.29
5Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.42
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP3.66
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP4.80
8Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA7.74
9Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.84
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA12.70

Individuals 16

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
3800501Central Region, Malawi
3801801Central Region, Malawi
3802001Central Region, Malawi
3802002Central Region, Malawi
3802201Central Region, Malawi
3804902Central Region, Malawi
3906401Central Region, Malawi
3906801Central Region, Malawi
3907101Central Region, Malawi
3907801Central Region, Malawi
4000601Central Region, Malawi
4000701Central Region, Malawi
4000702Central Region, Malawi
4001901Central Region, Malawi
4002102Central Region, Malawi
600501Central Region, Malawi