Yao (language)
Yao (Chiyao) | ||
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Spoken in |
Malawi , Mozambique , Tanzania | |
speaker | a little less than 2 million | |
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ISO 639 -1 |
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ISO 639 -2 |
yao |
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ISO 639-3 |
yao |
Yao or Chiyao - also called Ciyao, Achawa, Adsawa, Adsoa, Ajawa, Ayawa, Ayo, Djao, Haiao, Hiao, Hyao, Jao, Veiao or Wajao - is the language of the Yao (Wayao) in Malawi , Tanzania and Mozambique .
It is spoken by about a million people in Malawi and a little less than half a million each in Mozambique and Tanzania.
Like the other languages spoken in Malawi, Chichewa , ChiTumbuka, etc., it is one of the Bantu languages .
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- Ethnologue.com about the Yao and their language
- J. Clyde Mitchell , The Yao village: A study in the social structure of a Malawian tribe , Manchester: Manchester University Press [1956] 1971