Ethnologue

Chuwabu

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chichwabo, Chuabo, Chuwabo, Chwabo, Cicuabo, Cuabo, Cuwabo, Echuabo, Echuwabo, Echuwabu, Ecwabo, Etxuwabo, Txuwabo, Xuabo

Population

952,000 (2016).

Location

Zambezia province: central coast between Mlanje and Quelimane mountains.

Language Maps

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Central Chuwabo, Nyaringa, Marale, Karungu, Maindo. Lexical similarity: 78% between Chuwabo of Makusi district and Marrare.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1978–2003.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.