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Lomwe

A language of Mozambique

ISO 639-3: ngl

Population	1,500,000 (2006).
Region	Northeast and central, most of Zambezia Province, south Nampula Province. Prestige center is Alto Molocue, Zambezia Province.
Language map	Mozambique, reference number 9
Alternate names	Acilowe, Alomwe, Chilowe, Cilowe, Elomwe, Ilomwe, Ingulu, Lomue, Mihavane, Mihavani, Mihawani, Ngulu, Nguru, Walomwe, Western Makua
Dialects	Most similar to Makhuwa [vmw], Chuwabu [chw].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Makua (P.30)
Language development	NT: 1930–1983.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Ngulu (Kingulu) of Tanzania. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ACÁCIO, Jerónimo; MARQUES, Olinda; PAULO, Vicente; VAREIRO, Eusébio, authors; NELLY, Octávio Gonçalves, illustrator. 2009. Vocabulário de Elomwe.

ACÁCIO, Jerónimo; MARQUES, Olinda; PAULO, Vicente; VAREIRO, Eusébio, authors; NELLY, Octávio Gonçalves, illustrator. 2010. Vocabulário de Elomwe.  

MAXWELL, Michael B., author. 2000. Review of: Texas linguistic forum 40: working papers in phonetics and phonology, Amanda R. Doran, Tivoli Majors and Nisha Merchant Goss, editors.

VINTON, James E.; VINTON, Virginia C., authors. 2001. A linguistic survey of the Chuwabu language cluster.

VINTON, James E.; VINTON, Virginia C., authors. 2003. "Levantamento linguístico da Língua Chuwabu e suas variantes."

Vernacular Publications

Mwaha wa Joana: Liivuru a ohuserya. 2010.