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Koti

A language of Mozambique

ISO 639-3: eko

Population	77,000 (2006).
Region	Nampula Province, Angoche District, coast around Angoche Island; Nampula City community.
Language map	Mozambique, reference number 6
Alternate names	Angoche, Angoxe, Coti, Ekoti
Dialects	Ekoti, Enatthembo (Sangaje, Esangaje, Esakaji, Esangaji, “Edheidhei” , “Etteittei” ). A separate language within the Makhuwa group.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Makua (P.30)
Language use	Home, market, trading. All ages. Those living on the mainland can use Makhuwa [vmw] (trading, contacts with neighbors), Portuguese (school, church, government), but little Swahili [swh] or Arabic.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 20% Portuguese. Grammar. Bible portions: 2005.
Writing system	Arabic script, plans for future development using this script. Latin script, primary script.
Comments	Lexicon heavily influenced by Swahili [swh]. Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALBINO, Salimo Paulino; ATUMANE, Assane Mecussiba; BRAIMO, Dinis Felício; JESUS, José, authors; LYNDON, Ada; LYNDON, Chris; SELEMANE, Abdul, editors. 2007. Algumas notas gramaticais sobre a língua Ekoti.

ANDRÉ, José; MURILA, Camilo, compilers. 2002. Danças do Distrito de Angoche (volume 1).

LYNDON, Ada; LYNDON, Chris, authors. 2007. "Enatthembo: An Appraisal of Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Factors."  

PROJECTO Ekoti; SOUSA, Nunes de, compilers. 2001. Kithaapu ya maana a mattakhuzi = Dicionário temático nas linguas Koti, Português e Inglês = Thematic dictionary in Koti, Portuguese and English.

Vernacular Publications

Contos tradicionais bilingues; Mwani, Koti, Makonde, Makhuwa, Nyungwe, Lolo. 2001.

Kittaphi miiya za Akoti = Cem provérbios do povo Koti. 2002.

Manual do Monitor (parte 1);. 2002.

Manual do Monitor (parte 2). 2002.

Manual para Aprender a Língua Ekoti, Lições 1-15. 2010.

Osoma na waatikha wa Ekoti. 2002.

Osoma na waatikha wa Ekoti: mwentto wa mwanzo (Livro de pre-alfabetização em língua Ekoti). 2002.