Makwe language

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Makwe
Kimakwe
Native toMozambique, Tanzania
Native speakers
119,700 (2003-2009)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3ymk
Glottologmakw1236
Guthrie code
G.402[2]
ELPMakwe

The Makwe or Macue language (Kimakwe), is a close relative of Swahili spoken on the coast of the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique, and across the border in Tanzania. 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]

References[]

  1. ^ "Makwe". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction
  4. ^ Devos, Maud (2008). A Grammar of Makwe. LINCOM publishers. ISBN 978-3895861079.


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