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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Mozambique > Makhuwa-Moniga

Makhuwa-Moniga

A language of Mozambique

ISO 639-3mhm

Population  200,000 (2003 SIL).
Region  Delgado Province.
Language map  Mozambique, reference number 14
Alternate names   Emakhuwa-Emoniga, Emoniga, Moniga
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 56% with Lomwe [ngl].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Makua (P.30)
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KRĂ–GER, Oliver, author. 2005. "Report on a survey of coastal Makua dialects."  Available online