Chuwabu language

Chuwabu
Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native to	Mozambique
Native speakers	970,000 (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Makhuwa languages Chuwabu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; chw – Chuwabo; cwb – Maindo
Glottolog	chuw1238 Chuwabu; main1272 Maindo
Guthrie code	P.34

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.

ReferencesEdit

^ Chuwabo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Maindo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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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