ISO 639-3 · kdekde
Niger–Congo family
Makonde
Makonde is a language of the Rufiji–Ruvuma branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mozambique and Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 1.7 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kde- Glottocode
mako1251- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Makonde |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kimakonde, Chimakonde, Makonde language |
| All speakers | 1,700,000 |
| 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 Makonde
The branches above Makonde, 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 CommunicationvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalsswSwaziNiger–Congo · 2 m1 · NationaltscTswaNiger–Congo · 1.2 m5 · Developing