Makwe | |
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Kimakwe | |
Native to | Mozambique, Tanzania |
Region | Cabo Delgado Province, Mtwara Region |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2009–2017)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ymk |
Glottolog | makw1236 |
G.402 [2] | |
ELP | Makwe |
The MakweorMacue language (Kimakwe) is a close relative of Swahili spoken on the coast of the Cabo Delgado ProvinceofMozambique, and across the border in Mtwara RegionofTanzania. Although it shares high lexical similarity (60%) with Swahili, it is not intelligible with it, nor with its cousin Mwani. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Makonde–Swahili mixed language.[3]
A grammar of the Makwe language by Maud Devos was published in 2008.[4]
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