Ethnologue

Makhuwa-Shirima

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chirima, Echirima, Emakhua Eshirima, Emakhuwa Echirima, Eshirima, Makhuwa-Exirima, Makhuwa-Niassa, Makhuwa-Xirima, Shirima, West Makua, Xirima

Autonym

Emakhua Exirima

Population

707,000 (2016).

Location

Nampula province: west; Niassa province; Zambezia province: northwest border.

Language Maps

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Probably not intelligible of Makhuwa-Meetto [mgh] or Lomwe [ngl].

Language Development

NT: 2000.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].