Makonde, or Kimakonde, is the language spoken by the Makonde, an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique.[3] Makonde is a central Bantu language closely related to Yao. The Matambwe (Matembwe) and Mabiha (Maviha) dialects are divergent, and may not be Makonde.[4][full citation needed]
A mosquito-borne viral fever first identified on the Makonde Plateau is named Chikungunya, which is derived from the Makonde root verb kungunyala (meaning "that which bends up", "to become contorted," or "to walk bent over").[5] The derivation of the term is generally falsely attributed to Swahili.[6]
^Makonde at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Machinga at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Ndonde Hamba at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Matambwe at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
^Nurse 2003
^Morens DM and Fauci AS (2014). "Chikungunya at the Door — Déjà Vu All Over Again?". New England Journal of Medicine. 371 (10): 885–887. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1408509. PMID 25029435.
Makonde, or Kimakonde, is the language spoken by the Makonde, an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Makonde is a central Bantu...
The Makonde are an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and Kenya. The Makonde developed their culture on the Mueda Plateau in Mozambique...
Makonde may refer to: Makonde people, an ethnic group from East Africa Makonde art, the art of the Makonde people Makondelanguage, the language spoken...
name Makonde art refers to East African sculptures or, less frequently, to modern paintings created by craftspeople or artists belonging to the Makonde people...
disease. Subsequent authors apparently overlooked the references to the Makondelanguage and assumed the term to have been derived from Swahili, the lingua...
Spurious languages are languages that have been reported as existing in reputable works, while other research has reported that the language in question...
group with Nyanja and Chewa, while the distinct group which includes Yao, Makonde and Mwera is found to the north. Apart from the regional variations found...
Alphavirus and family Togaviridae. The word "chikungunya" is from the Makondelanguage and means "that which bends up", referring to the effect of debilitating...
from Makua makhwatta (running sore), Mauritian matak from Swahili, and Makonde matako (buttock). Recent loanwords tend to come from English, such as map...
by speakers of Makonde, and Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Makonde–Swahili mixed language. The name of the language comes from the word...
Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Makonde–Swahili mixed language. A grammar of the Makwe language by Maud Devos was published in 2008. Makwe...
Machinga people, a Bantu ethnic group in Tanzania Machinga language, a dialect of Makondelanguage in Tanzania Machinga District, in Malawi This disambiguation...
aircraft LÉ Aisling (P23), a patrol vessel of the Irish Naval Service Makondelanguage Maltese patrol boat P23, of the Armed Forces of Malta Papyrus 23, a...
abroad. One of the most famous African artists, George Lilanga, was a Makonde from Tanzania. Contemporary Tanzanian artists include David Mzuguno, Haji...
area, Makonde is used, separated farther inland by a small strip of Makhuwa-speaking territory from an area where Yao or ChiYao is used. Makonde and Yao...
speak Mahiva language (sometimes considered a dialect of the more common Makondelanguage), a Niger-Congo language. As a second language, the people will...
Region is home to one of the most infuluencial people in Tanzania, the Makonde. Mtwara is home to Tanzania's 4th president Benjamin Mkapa and is home...
entertainment. The main ethnic groups in Mozambique are Makhuwa, Tsonga, Makonde, Shangaan, Shona, Sena, Ndau, and other indigenous groups. There are approximately...
Kimaryo points out that the distinctive tattoo marks are common among the Makonde. Architecture included arches, courtyards, isolated women's quarters, the...
are the numerous Portuguese words that have entered Shona, Tsonga and Makonde. Today, mixed race communities exist across the region, notably so in South...
a plate is also inserted into the upper lip. Other tribes, such as the Makonde of Tanzania and Mozambique, used to wear a plate in the upper lip only...
Shangaan (Tsonga) dominate in southern Mozambique. Other groups include Makonde, Yao, Swahili, Tonga, Chopi, and Nguni (including Zulu). The country is...
approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to 24 countries spread over a vast area from Central...
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