Chuwabu language

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

Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native toMozambique
Native speakers
1.0 million (2017)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
chw  Chuwabo
cwb  Maindo
Glottologchuw1238  Chuwabu
main1272  Maindo
P.34[2]

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

References

  1. Chuwabo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) closed access
    Maindo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) closed access
  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.


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