Chuwabu language

Chuwabu
Cuabo
Native toMozambique
Native speakers
1.0 million (2017)[1]
Dialects
  • Central Chuwabo
  • Nyaringa
  • Marale
  • Karungu
  • Maindo
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
chw – Chuwabo
cwb – Maindo
Glottologchuw1238  Chuwabu
main1272  Maindo
P.34[2]

Chuwabo (Echuwabo), also spelled Cuabo and Txuwabo, is a Bantu language spoken along the central coast of Mozambique.

Maindo, though customarily considered a separate language, is close enough to be a dialect of Chuwabo.

  1. ^ Chuwabo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
    Maindo at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online