Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native toMozambique
Native speakers
1.0 million (2017)[1]
Dialects
  • Central Chuwabo
  • Nyaringa
  • Marale
  • Karungu
  • Maindo
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
chw  Chuwabo
cwb  Maindo
Glottologchuw1238  Chuwabu
main1272  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 at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
    Maindo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  • Guérois, Rozenn (2015). A grammar of Cuwabo (Mozambique, Bantu P34) (PhD thesis). Université Lumière Lyon 2. hdl:1854/LU-8561497.


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