Makwe language
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.[4]
| Makwe | |
|---|---|
| Kimakwe | |
| Native to | Mozambique, Tanzania |
Native speakers | 119,700 (2003-2009)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ymk |
| Glottolog | makw1236 |
G.402[2] | |
| ELP | Makwe[3] |
A grammar of the Makwe language by Maud Devos was published in 2008.[5]
References
- "Makwe". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Endangered Languages Project data for Makwe.
- Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction
- Devos, Maud (2008). A Grammar of Makwe. LINCOM publishers. ISBN 978-3895861079.
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