Malawi Lomwe language

Not to be confused with Lomwe language.

Malawi Lomwe
Anguru, Nguru
Spoken in	Malawi
Native speakers	250,000
Language family	Makhuwa–Nyanja Malawi Lomwe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lon

Lomwe is a mixed language spoken in southeastern Malawi.

Background

The Mozambique Lomwe are one of the four largest ethnic groups living in Malawi and have history of migration to the Mozambique–Malawi border zone. Many Lomwe moved into Malawi, where they mixed with the Nyanja, in the 1930s due to tribal wars in Mozambique. There the language mixed with Chichewa (Nyanja) until it was no longer mutually intelligible with Lomwe. It is now dying out, with only the eldest still speaking it as their main language, and many younger Lomwe shifting entirely to Chichewa.^[1]

References

1. ^ CESA, Retrieved on June 14, 2008