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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Mozambique > Dema

Dema

A language of Mozambique

ISO 639-3dmx

Population  5,000 (2000 J. & M. Bister). Population displaced during Cabora Bassa Dam construction.
Region  Far west, just north of Zimbabwe.
Language map  Mozambique, reference number 4
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Shona (S.10)
Language use  Strong pressure toward assimilation to Nyungwe [nyu].