ISO 639-3 · wmwwmw
Niger–Congo family
Mwani
Kimwani
Mwani is a language of the Sabaki branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mozambique. Wikidata counts 100,000 first-language speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken on the coast of the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
wmw- Glottocode
mwan1247- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
100,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
11levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mwani · Kimwani |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mwani language, KiMwani |
| L1 speakers | 100,000 (2006) |
| Written in | Arabic script, 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 Mwani
The branches above Mwani, 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 · NationalzulZuluNiger–Congo · 27.8 m1 · NationalnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationsnaShonaNiger–Congo · 9 m3 · Wider CommunicationvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalsswSwaziNiger–Congo · 2 m1 · NationalkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · DevelopingtscTswaNiger–Congo · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingrngRongaNiger–Congo · 722,0005 · Developing