Makhuwa > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Makhuwa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Makua; Central Makhuwa; Makhuwa-Makhuwana; Macua; Emakua; Makoane; Maquoua; Makhuwwa of Nampula; Emakhuwa; Makua, i-
Spoken in:
Mozambique
Number of speakers:
3,090,000 (2006)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
vmw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Makua (P.30); Makhuwa; Group P.30 (maua)
Child Dialects:
Enaharra; Maharra; Nahara; Emathipane (vmw-ena)
Central Makua; Makhuwana; Makuana; Emakhuwana (vmw-cen)
Enyara (vmw-eny)
Enlai; Mulai (vmw-enl)
Emwaja (vmw-emw)
Empamela; Nampamela (vmw-emp)

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