Chuwabu language

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Chuwabo (Echuwabo), also spelled Cuabo and Txuwabo, is a Bantu language spoken along the central coast of Mozambique.

Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native toMozambique
Native speakers
1.0 million (2017)[1]
Dialects
  • Central Chuwabo
  • Nyaringa
  • Marale
  • Karungu
  • Maindo
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
chw – Chuwabo
cwb – Maindo
Glottologchuw1238  Chuwabu
main1272  Maindo
P.34[2]

Maindo, though customarily considered a separate language, is close enough to be a dialect of Chuwabo.

References

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  1. ^ Chuwabo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)  
    Maindo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)  
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  • Guérois, Rozenn (2015). A grammar of Cuwabo (Mozambique, Bantu P34) (PhD thesis). Université Lumière Lyon 2. hdl:1854/LU-8561497.