Makhuwa-Shirima language
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The Makhuwa-Shirima language is a Bantu
language spoken by half a million Makua people in Mozambique
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Makhuwa-Shirima is closely related to Makhuwa and is part of the Makua languages
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Bantu languages
The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
language spoken by half a million Makua people in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
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Makhuwa-Shirima is closely related to Makhuwa and is part of the Makua languages
Makua languages
The Makhuwa or Makua languages are a branch of Bantu languages spoken primarily in Mozambique.-Name:The name Makua , more accurately Makhuwa, is used on three levels. Some sources distinguish these with differences in spelling 'Makua' vs...
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