Makua (language)
Makua | ||
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Spoken in |
Mozambique | |
speaker | 3 million | |
Linguistic classification |
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Official status | ||
Recognized minority / regional language in |
Mozambique | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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ISO 639 -2 |
bnt |
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ISO 639-3 |
Makua (also: EMakua , Makhuwa , Macua ) is a Bantu language native to the north of the Southeast African country of Mozambique . It is the language of the Makua people of the same name .
It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the Latin script was introduced for the language .