Makua languages

Makua languages

Infobox Language family
name=Makua
region=Central Africa, mostly Mozambique
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Benue-Congo
fam5=Bantoid
fam6=Southern
fam7=Narrow Bantu
fam8=Central
child1=Makhuwa
child2=Makhuwa-Meetto
child3=Makhuwa-Shirima

In the classification of African languages, Makua is a branch of the Central Bantu subfamily of the Niger-Congo phylum. The languages of this branch are spoken primarily in Mozambique.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90494 The Makua branch on Ethnologue]


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