Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 chw
Chuwabu Language Echuwabo
Chuwabu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Chuwabu is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Chuwabu
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- Benue-Congo
- Bantoid
- Southern Bantoid
- Narrow Bantu
- East Bantu
- North Mozambique Bantu
- Chuwaboic
- Chuwabo-Maindo
- Chuwabu
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Chuwabu language
Chuwabu (Echuwabo) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 463rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Berom (1.0 million) and ahead of Basque (1.0 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Chuwabo-Maindo group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Chuwabu spoken?
Chuwabu is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Mozambique (1.0 million).
Chuwabu is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Chuwabu is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Takwane, Makhuwa, Lomwe, Makhuwa-Shirima, Makhuwa-Meetto, Swahili and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 chw.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.