Chuwabu language

Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native to	Mozambique
Native speakers	1.0 million (2017)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Makhuwa languages Chuwabu
Dialects	Central Chuwabo Nyaringa Marale Karungu Maindo
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: chw – Chuwabo cwb – Maindo
Glottolog	chuw1238  Chuwabu main1272  Maindo
Guthrie code	P.34

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

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

References

Chuwabu language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

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.

v t e Languages of Mozambique
Official language	Portuguese
Indigenous languages	Barwe Chewa Chichopi Chitonga Chuwabu Dema Gitonga Kimwani Koti Kunda Lomwe Maindo Makhuwa Makonde Makwe Manyika Nathembo Ndau Ngoni Nsenga Nyungwe Phimbi Ronga Sena Shona Swahili Swati Tawara Tewe Tsonga Tswa Yao
Immigrant languages	English Punjabi Hindi
Sign languages	Mozambican Sign Language

v t e Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S) (by Guthrie classification)
Zone N	N10 N11 Manda N12 Ngoni N13 Matengo N14 Mpoto N15 Tonga Rue N46 Podzo Khalaxadi S32a Pedi S32b Lobedu S33 Sotho Gwamba S53 Tsonga S54 Ronga [S511 Hlengwe S60 S61 Copi S62 Tonga [S611 Lenge
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