Makonde language

Makonde
Chi(ni)makonde
Spoken in	Tanzania, Malawi
Ethnicity	Makonde
Native speakers	1,340,000  (date missing)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Rufiji–Ruvuma Ruvuma Makonde languages Makonde
Dialects	Matembwe
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yao

Makonde 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 dialect is divergent, and may not be Makonde.

Chikungunya, the name of a mosquito-borne viral fever, is derived from the Makonde word meaning "that which bends up," after the disease was first identified on the Makonde plateau. The derivation of the term is generally falsely attributed to Swahili.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Makonde language at Ethnologue