Kibosy | |
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Shibushi, Kibushi | |
bushi-majunga بُوشِ-مَچُونْڠَ | |
Native to | Mayotte |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2017)[1] |
Latin Arabic[2][3] | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | buc |
Glottolog | bush1250 |
Bushi or Kibosy (Shibushi or Kibushi) is a dialect of Malagasy spoken in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. Malagasy dialects most closely related to Bushi are spoken in northwestern Madagascar in the area of Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez) and Mahajanga (Majunga), which is also the closest point in Madagascar to Mayotte. Kibosy and Majunga together are considered one of the Malagasy languages by Glottolog.