ISO 639-3 · vmwvmw
Niger–Congo family
Makhuwa
Makhuwa is a language of the Makua branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mozambique and Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 7.4 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
vmw- Glottocode
maku1279- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 27 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Makhuwa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Makua language, Emakhuwa language, Macua language, Makhuwa language |
| All speakers | 7,430,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Makhuwa
The branches above Makhuwa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Mozambique
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalzulZuluNiger–Congo · 27.8 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationsnaShonaNiger–Congo · 9 m3 · Wider CommunicationtsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalsswSwaziNiger–Congo · 2 m1 · NationalkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · DevelopingtscTswaNiger–Congo · 1.2 m5 · Developing