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Makhuwa (
Emakhuwa; also
spelled Makua and Macua) is the
primary Bantu language of
northern Mozambique. It is
spoken by
roughly 5.8
million Makua people...
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instead of the
typically Bantu ku- prefix:
omala (
eMakhuwa) is "to finish",
omeeela (also an
eMakhuwa form) is "to
share out". A
mutually unintelligible...
- of the
eMakhuwa group, with a loss of
initial k-,
which means that many
nouns begin with a vowel: for example, e**** = "rain".
There is
eMakhuwa proper...
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Languages of
Mozambique (2017)
Languages percent Emakhuwa 26.1%
Portuguese 16.6%
Xitsonga 8.6%
Nyanja 8.1%
Cisena 7.1%
Elomwe 7.1% Echuwabo...
- as Sesotho, Setswana, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SiSwati, SiPhuthi, Xitsonga,
EMakhuwa, ChiNgoni, SiLozi,
ChiShona and Tshivenḓa). It was
developed from antecedent...
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training institutes and schools. The city is diverse, with the
native eMakhuwa po****tion
being the
largest group but with a
visible Indian, European...
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Historically they
spoke Emakhuwa, the
language spoken in
northern Mozambique;
church hymns and
portions of the
Bible were
translated to
Emakhuwa by
Makoa Lutheran...
- forms:
otchuna (
Emakhuwa),
onthuna (Lmeetto), and
ohuna (Elhomwe)
meaning "to want." Similarly, the
words for "women" are
anamwaani (
Emakhuwa and Elhomwe)...
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language in the country. The
other languages spoken in
Mozambique include Emakhuwa (at 25.3%),
Xichangana (at 10.3%),
Cisena (at 7.5%),
Elomwe (at 7%), Echuwabo...
- by one of the dancer's or by the group's poet. They are
usually in the
Emakhuwa language but may also be in
Arabic or Portuguese. The
dancers must wear...
