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Name: Makonde
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Chimakonde; Chinimakonde; Konde; Matambwe; Cimakonde; Makonda; Maconde; Shimakonde; Makonde, ci-
Spoken in: Tanzania, Mozambique
Number of speakers: 980,000 in Tanzania (2006). Population total all countries: 1,340,000 (Ethnologue)
Code: kde
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup: Yao (P.20); Group P.20 (yaoo)
Child Dialects: Vamwalu; Mwalu (kde-val) Vadonde; Donde; Ndonde (kde-vad) Vamwambe; Mwambe (kde-vab) Maraba (kde-mar) Maviha; Chimaviha; Kimawiha; Mavia; Mabiha; Mawia; MabĖ iha, ci- (kde-mav) Vamakonde; Makonde (kde-vam)

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