Makonde language
| Makonde | |
|---|---|
| Chi(ni)makonde | |
| Native to | Tanzania, Malawi |
| Ethnicity | Makonde |
|
Native speakers
|
1.4 million (2006)[2] |
|
Niger–Congo
|
|
| Dialects |
Matembwe–Machinga
Mabiha
Ndonde Hamba (Mawanda)
|
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: kde – Makonde, Mabiha mvw – Machinga njd – Ndonde Hamba[1] |
| Glottolog | mako1251 (Makonde)[3]mach1265 (Machinga)[4] |
P.23,24,25[5] |
|
Makonde, or Kimakonde, is the language spoken by the Makonde, an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Makonde is a central Bantu language closely related to Yao. The Matembwe and Mabiha (Maviha) dialects are divergent, and may not be Makonde (Nurse 2003).
Chikungunya, the name of a mosquito-borne viral fever, is derived from the Makonde root verb kungunyala (meaning "that which bends up", "to become contorted," or "to walk bent over") after the disease was first identified on the de.[6] The derivation of the term is generally falsely attributed to Swahili.[7]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />| Official languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous languages |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sign languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official language | |
|---|---|
| Indigenous languages | |
| Sign languages | |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ↑ Makonde, Mabiha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Machinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ndonde Hamba[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Four cases of acute flaccid paralysis associated with chikungunya virus infection
