Chuwabu language
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Bantu language spoken in Mozambique
Chuwabu | |
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Cuabo | |
Native to | Mozambique |
Native speakers | 1.0 million (2017)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:chw – Chuwabocwb – Maindo |
Glottolog | chuw1238 Chuwabumain1272 Maindo |
P.34 [2] |
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
- ^ Chuwabo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Maindo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) - ^ 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.
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