Dema language

Dema
Native to Mozambique
Native speakers
 5,000  (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dmx
Glottolog dema1235[2]

Dema is a Bantu language of Mozambique. It is closely related to Shona. The population has been displaced by the construction of a dam.

References

  1. ↑ Dema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dema". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.