VMK ISO 639-3
Makhuwa-Shirima
Emakhua Exirima Autonym
A language of Mozambique
- ISO 639
- vmk
- Alternate Names
- Chirima, Echirima, Emakhua Eshirima, Emakhuwa Echirima, Eshirima, Makhuwa-Exirima, Makhuwa-Niassa, Makhuwa-Xirima, Shirima, West Makua, Xirima
- Autonym
- Emakhua Exirima
- Population
- 729,000 (2017).
- Location:
- Nampula province: west; Niassa province; Zambezia province: northwest border.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Makhuwa (P.31)
- Dialects
- None known. Probably not intelligible of Makhuwa-Meetto [mgh] or Lomwe [ngl].
- Language Development
- NT: 2000.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Makhuwa-Shirima
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Nampula province: west; Niassa province; Zambezia province: northwest border.
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