Chuwabu language

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Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native to Mozambique
Native speakers
970,000  (2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
chw  Chuwabo
cwb  Maindo
P.34[2]

Chuwabo (Echuwabo), also spelled Cuabo and Txuwabo, is a Bantu language spoken along the central coast of Mozambique.

Maindo, though customarily considered a separate language, is close enough to be a dialect of Chuwabo.

References

  1. Chuwabo reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Maindo reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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