Ethnologue

Makhuwa-Shirima

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chirima, Eshirima, Makhuwa-Exirima, Makhuwa-Niassa, Makhuwa-Xirima, Shirima, West Makua, Xirima

Population

625,000 (2014).

Location

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

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].