Fwe is a Bantu language with about 15,000 speakers in northeast Namibia and southwestZambia. In Namibia, it is spoken particularly in the area between Kongola, Singalamwe, Sibbinda and Lizauli in the Zambezi Region, and in Zambia, it is spoken in Imusho, Sinjembela and Mutomena areas in the southwest of Western Province.
Fwe is known as Chifwe by the people who speak it, and they call themselves Mafwe. Fwe is closely related to Kuhane (Chikuhane / Chisubia), which is spoken in Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. It is written with the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Fwe (Excel)
Details of Fwe pronunciation (PDF) provided by Wolfram Siegel
mbòndímìkàndékéré èkàndè. òrùtángù rwángù rwáꜝbákwàmé bòbírè. àbó ꜝbákwàmé bòbírè kàbárì bàntù nòmùshêrè. bànàhârì òzyú zyúmùnyà kámùnítè ómbwà. òzyù zyúmùnyà kàrì káꜝsháká ꜝbámbwà.
I will tell you a story. My story, about two men. These two men were friends. They lived. One of them had a dog. The other did not like dogs.
Source: A Grammar of Fwe by Hilde Gunnink. 2022.
Information about Fwe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fwe_language
https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-58019
http://www.language-archives.org/language/fwe
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Page created: 22.07.25. Last modified: 22.07.25
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