MT Logo

MultiTree:

A Digital Library of Language Relationships

search  | about  | help

The Ndau Language > LINGUIST List Language Search

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)

Map of Ndau

Click for more information on Ndau from LL-MAP

All trees including Ndau

Find More Information on Ndau

  • Search all of LINGUIST's Resources
  • Ethnologue Description
  • Listing of Documents in Odin Database
  • Google Search

Submit Comment

Click here to submit a comment.