Chuwabu language

Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native to	Mozambique
Native speakers	1.0 million (2017)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Makhuwa languages Chuwabu
Dialects	Central Chuwabo Nyaringa Marale Karungu Maindo
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: chw – Chuwabo cwb – Maindo
Glottolog	chuw1238  Chuwabu main1272  Maindo
Guthrie code	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)
   Maindo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
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.