Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 mgh
Makhuwa-Meetto Language Emakhuwa
Makhuwa-Meetto is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.4 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Makhuwa-Meetto is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Makhuwa-Meetto
About the Makhuwa-Meetto language
Makhuwa-Meetto (Emakhuwa) is spoken by about 1.4 million people, which makes it the 394th most spoken language in the world — just behind Mbalanhu (1.4 million) and ahead of Machinga (1.4 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Makua-Lomwe group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Makhuwa-Meetto spoken?
Makhuwa-Meetto is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Mozambique (1.5 million).
Makhuwa-Meetto is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Makhuwa-Meetto 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 Makhuwa, Lomwe, Makhuwa-Shirima, Takwane, Chuwabu, Swahili and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 mgh.
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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.