Bravanese dialect
| Bravanese | |
|---|---|
| Mwiini | |
| Chimwiini | |
| Native to | Somalia |
Native speakers | 180,000 all Swahili in Somalia (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in swh) |
| Glottolog | mwin1241 |
G.412[2] | |
| ELP | Mwini |
Bravanese, also called Chimwiini (ChiMwini, Mwiini, Mwini) or Chimbalazi[3]) is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bravanese people, who are the predominant inhabitants of Barawa, or Brava, in Somalia.[4] Maho (2009) considers it a distinct language.
See also
Notes
- ^ Ethnologue report for Somalia
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ I. M. Lewis, Islam in tropical Africa, Volume 1964, (International African Institute in association with Indiana University Press: 1980), p.7.
- ^ Abdullahi, p.11.
References
- Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-31333-2.
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