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Makua languages information


Makua
Makhuwa
Geographic
distribution
Mozambique
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Bantu
              • Southern Bantu
                • Makua
Subdivisions
  • Makhuwa
  • Koti, Sakati
  • Lomwe
  • Cuabo–Maindo
  • Moniga
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The Makua or Makhuwa languages are a branch of Bantu languages spoken primarily in Mozambique.

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Makua languages

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The Makua or Makhuwa languages are a branch of Bantu languages spoken primarily in Mozambique. The name Makua (Macua), more precisely Makhuwa, is used...

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Makua people

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the lower or Lolo Makua, the upper or Lomwe Makua, the Maua and the Niassa Makua or Medo. They speak variants of the Makua language, also called Emakua...

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Makhuwa language

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virtually entirely ethnically Makua. It is the most widely spoken indigenous language of Mozambique. Apart from the languages in the same group, eMakhuwa...

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Makua

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language spoken in Mozambique Makua languages, a branch of Bantu languages Makua Rothman (born 1984), American world champion surfer Makuv'a language...

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Bantu languages

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such languages as Shona, and the Makua languages. With few exceptions, such as Kiswahili and Rutooro, Bantu languages are tonal and have two to four register...

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Lomwe language

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The Lomwe (Lowe) language, Elomwe, also known as Western Makua, is the fourth-largest language in Mozambique. It belongs with Makua in the group of distinctive...

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Southern Bantu languages

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Tanzania and Malawi. Language groups are followed by their code in the Guthrie classification. Southern Bantu languages Makua (P30) Makhuwa Koti Sakati...

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Makuva language

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Makuva, also known as Makuʼa or Lóvaia, is an apparently extinct Austronesian language spoken at the northeast tip of East Timor near the town of Tutuala...

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Sotho language

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Southern African countries and Nguni languages, and possibly[clarification needed] also the Makua (zone P) languages of Tanzania and Mozambique. Sotho is...

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Languages of Africa

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has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

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Koti language

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dentral-retroflex incompatibility. Koti, like most Bantu languages, is a register tone language with two tones: High and Low. Tone is not lexically distinctive...

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Chuwabu language

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Txuwabo, is a Bantu language spoken along the central coast of Mozambique. Maindo, though customarily considered a separate language, is close enough to...

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Polynesian languages

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Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing...

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Malawi Lomwe language

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no distinction between high and low-toned verbs as in some other Bantu languages), but in the dialect they study (Emihavani) Kisseberth & Mtenje identify...

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John Chilembwe

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migrated into Nyasaland, mostly those speaking one of the Makua languages, often the Lomwe language, who themselves used various names to refer to their places...

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Moniga language

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Moniga, or Makhuwa-Moniga, is a Bantu language spoken by a quarter million Makua people in Mozambique. It is closely related to Cuabo. Moniga at Ethnologue...

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Old 100th

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Version of the Psalms of David. The popular Hawaiian version Hoʻonani i ka Makua mau was translated by Hiram Bingham I and is published in hymnals. The tune...

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Kutong language

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(6°10′49″S 146°39′22″E / 6.180159°S 146.656241°E / -6.180159; 146.656241 (Makua)), Sakam (6°09′10″S 146°40′39″E / 6.152909°S 146.677453°E / -6.152909;...

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Guthrie classification of Bantu languages

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the standard for identifying Bantu languages; it was a practical way to distinguish many ambiguously named languages before the introduction of ISO 639-3...

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Chief of War

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Kahekili Luciane Buchanan as Kaahumanu Te Ao o Hinepehinga as Ka'iana Kaina Makua as Kamehameha Moses Goods as Moku Siua Ikaleʻo as Nahiʻ Brandon Finn as...

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Mauritian Creole

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article le/la/les. Words of East African origin include Mauritian makutu from Makua makhwatta (running sore), Mauritian matak from Swahili, and Makonde matako...

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Mozambique

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languages include Tsonga, Makhuwa, Sena, Chichewa, and Swahili. Glottolog lists 46 languages spoken in the country, of which one is a signed language...

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Bantu peoples

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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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Tongan language

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verb–subject–object. Tongan is one of the multiple languages in the Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages, along with Hawaiian, Māori, Samoan and Tahitian...

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Makoa

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trading ports of northern Mozambique in an area mainly populated by the Makua people. They are among the last African diaspora communities in the world...

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Anii language

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central eastern Ghana by Makכ-Makua or Bakכ-Bakua clan. It is part of the geographic group of Ghana Togo Mountain languages (formerly known as the Togorestsprachen...

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Eyuphuro

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and western popular music. Eyuphuro's music is sung mostly in Makua, a Bantu language. The name of the band means "whirlwind" in Macua. Omar Issa, Gimo...

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List of Bantu languages

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languages as interpreted by Harald Hammarström, and following the Guthrie classification. Bantu languages Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Classification...

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