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Name:
Ndau
Alternate Names:
Chindau; Njao; Ndzawu; Southeast Shona; Sofala
Spoken in:
Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Number of speakers:
1,580,000 in Mozambique (2006). Population total all countries: 2,380,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
ndc
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Shona (S.10) (sona)
Child Dialects:
Gova; Cigova (ndc-gov)
Garwe (ndc-gar)
Ndau; Cindau (ndc-nda)
Dondo; Cidondo; Wadondo; Chibabava (ndc-don)
Tonga; Abatonga; Atonga; Batoka; Batonga; Watonga (ndc-ton)
Danda; Cidanda; Ndanda; Cindanda; Vadanda; Watande (ndc-dan)
Shanga; Cimashanga; Mashanga; Chichanga; Chixanga; Xanga; Changa; Senji; Chisenji (ndc-sha)

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