The Nyakyusa (also called the Sokile) are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group who live in the mountains of southern Mbeya Region of Tanzania and the Northern Region of Malawi. They speak the Nyakyusa language, a member of the Bantu language family.



The traditional god of the Nyakyusa people is called Kyala, which is the name for God in the Nyakyusa language.