Makhuwa is a Bantu language spoken by about 5.6 million people mainly in northern Mozambique, particularly in the Meetto area of Nampula province, and in Niassa and Zambezia provinces. There are also speakers of Makhuwa in Tanzania.
Makhuwa is also known as Makua, Macua, Central Makhuwa, Emakhuwa-Makhuwana, Emakua, Makhuwa-Makhuwana, Makhuwwa of Nampula, Makoane or Maquoua. Dialects include Emwaja, Naharra, Enyara, Central Makua, Empamela and Enlai.
There are several closely-related Makhuwa languages spoken in Mozambique: Makhuwa-Marrevone, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makhuwa-Saka and Makhuwa-Shirima. In some sources they are classified as separate languages, while some list them as dialects of one language.
Download an alphabet chart for Makhuwa (Excel)
The letters z, c and x are regional variations of s; b, g and d are only used in placenames and personal names, and f can also be written ph.
6 Moovirikana ni mamwene ale ootakhala, aakhala atthu akina yaawenrye woona ntata na Muluku, nnaamwi awo okathi mukina yaarina makhalelo mamosaru yaarina aya atthu ale akina aromoliwe.
Source: https://wol.jw.org/vmw/wol/d/r255/lp-mac/2015761
Information about Makhuwa | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about the Makhuwa language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhuwa_language
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Língua_macua
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Макуа_(язык)
http://www.bisharat.net/A12N/MozaSource.htm
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/vmw
https://www.everyalphabet.com/makhuwa
https://thetribalsociety.com/the-makhuwa-people/
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