Lomwe language
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| Lomwe | |
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| Western Makua | |
| Spoken in |  Mozambique Malawi |
| Native speakers | 1.9 million, incl. Lolo (2006) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: ngl – Lomwe llb – Lolo kzn – Kokola |
The Lomwe language, Elomwe, also known as Western Makua, Lowe, Ngulu, and Mihavani, is the fourth-largest language in Mozambique. A mutually unintelligible form mixed with Chewa, Malawian Lomwe, is spoken in Malawi. Ethnologue notes that Lolo may be a dialect of Lomwe or Makhuwa, and Kokola a dialect of Lolo.
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