Makonde language

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Makonde
Chi(ni)makonde
Native to	Tanzania, Malawi
Ethnicity	Makonde
Native speakers	1.4 million (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Rufiji–Ruvuma Ruvuma Makonde languages Makonde
Dialects	Matembwe–Machinga Mabiha
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `kde` – Makonde, Mabiha `mvw` – Machinga
Guthrie code	`P.23,25`^[2]

Makonde is the language spoken by the Makonde, an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Makonde is a central Bantu language closely related to Yao. The Matembwe and Mabiha (Maviha) dialects are divergent, and may not be Makonde (Nurse 2003).

Chikungunya, the name of a mosquito-borne viral fever, is derived from the Makonde word meaning "that which bends up," after the disease was first identified on the Makonde plateau. The derivation of the term is generally falsely attributed to Swahili.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ Makonde, Mabiha reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Machinga reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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