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

Tawara

A language of Mozambique

ISO 639-3twl

Population  60,000 (2006).
Region  South of Tete Province, north of Zimbabwe.
Language map  Mozambique, reference number 35
Alternate names   Tawala
Dialects  Tawara-Chioco, Tawara-Daque. The northernmost variety related to the Korekore dialect of Shone [sna]; appears to have been influenced by Nyungwe [nyu].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Shona (S.10)