Makhuwa languages

E353073

Bantu language group

The Makhuwa languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in northern Mozambique and neighboring regions of southeastern Africa.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Makhuwa language	7
Makhuwa languages canonical	4
Makhuwa-Meetto language	2
Makhuwa-Shirima language	2
Lomwe language	1
Makhuwa linguistic cluster	1
Makhuwa-Enahara language	1
Makhuwa-Marrevone language	1
Makhuwa-Moniga language	1
Makhuwa–Lomwe languages	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Chuwabu language ⓘ Lomwe language ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Makhuwa people ⓘ
glottologCode	makh1266 ⓘ
hasMember	Chuwabu language ⓘ Enahara dialect ⓘ Koti language ⓘ Lolo language ⓘ Lomwe language ⓘ Makhuwa languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa language Makhuwa-Enahara language ⓘ Makhuwa-Marrevone language ⓘ Makhuwa languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa-Meetto language Makhuwa-Saka language ⓘ Makhuwa languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa-Shirima language Marrevone dialect ⓘ Meeto dialect ⓘ Padoe language ⓘ surface form: Moniga language Naharra language ⓘ Saka languages ⓘ surface form: Saka language Sengage language ⓘ Shirima dialect ⓘ
ISO639_3	lme (for Pochutec Lomwe / related Lomwe variety) ⓘ mgh (for Makhuwa-Meetto, macrolanguage code) ⓘ vmw (for Makhuwa-Meetto) ⓘ xmj (for Makuʼa / Makhuwa) ⓘ
languageFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
primaryRegion	northern Mozambique ⓘ
region	East Africa ⓘ southeastern Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Burundi ⓘ Comoros ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Eswatini ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Malawi ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ northern Mozambique ⓘ
subclassOf	Bantu languages ⓘ Makhuwa languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa–Lomwe languages Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Makhuwa → subfamily → Makhuwa languages ⓘ

Lomwe → subfamily → Makhuwa languages ⓘ

Makua languages → partOf → Makhuwa languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa linguistic cluster