Makhuwa

E70628

Bantu language natural language subject–object–verb language

Makhuwa is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Mozambique by the Makhuwa people.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Makhuwa canonical	8
Makhuwa-Marrevone	3
Makhuwa-Meetto	3
Makhuwa-Shirima	3
Makhuwa-Nahara	2
Emakhuwa	1
Tswa-Ronga cluster	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ subject–object–verb language ⓘ
belongsToBranch	Narrow Bantu ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Mozambique ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Makhuwa people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Makhuwa ⓘ surface form: Emakhuwa Macua ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	7000000 ⓘ
hasDialects	Makhuwa-Enahara ⓘ Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa-Marrevone Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa-Meetto Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa-Nahara Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa-Shirima
hasGlottologCode	makh1266 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Makhuwa self-link ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	vmw ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem	yes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone language ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
isMajorityLanguageIn	Nampula Province ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makhuwa-Meetto
isRecognizedAs	major indigenous language of Mozambique ⓘ
isSpokenAsL1By	Makhuwa people ⓘ
isSpokenAsL2In	Nampula Province ⓘ surface form: Northern Mozambique
languageFamily	Bantu ⓘ
neighboringLanguage	Makonde ⓘ Sena ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili Yao ⓘ
partOfLanguageFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ Southern Bantoid ⓘ surface form: Southern Bantoid languages
region	Cabo Delgado Province ⓘ Nampula Province ⓘ Niassa Province ⓘ
spokenBy	Makhuwa people ⓘ
spokenIn	Mozambique ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ surface form: Northern Mozambique
subfamily	Makhuwa languages ⓘ
subgroupOf	P30 Makhuwa group ⓘ
usedInDomain	daily communication ⓘ local trade ⓘ traditional culture ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Mozambique → hasSignificantLanguage → Makhuwa ⓘ

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Makhuwa ⓘ

Tsonga → macrolanguageOf → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswa-Ronga cluster

Makhuwa → hasDialects → Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Meetto

Makhuwa → hasDialects → Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Shirima

Makhuwa → hasDialects → Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Marrevone

Makhuwa → hasDialects → Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Nahara

Makhuwa → hasGlottologName → Makhuwa self-link ⓘ

Makhuwa → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Makhuwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Meetto

Makhuwa → hasAlternativeName → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emakhuwa

Lomwe → closelyRelatedTo → Makhuwa ⓘ

Yao → neighboringLanguages → Makhuwa ⓘ

Makua group → hasSubgroup → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Meetto

Makua group → hasSubgroup → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Marrevone

Makua group → hasSubgroup → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Shirima

Eastern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Makhuwa ⓘ

Macua → alsoKnownAs → Makhuwa ⓘ

Macua → hasDialect → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Shirima

Macua → hasDialect → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Marrevone

Macua → hasDialect → Makhuwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makhuwa-Nahara