Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 tke
Takwane Language Emakuana
Takwane is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.5 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Takwane is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Takwane
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- Benue-Congo
- Bantoid
- Southern Bantoid
- Narrow Bantu
- East Bantu
- North Mozambique Bantu
- Chuwaboic
- Takwane
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Takwane language
Takwane (Emakuana) is spoken by about 1.5 million people, which makes it the 381st most spoken language in the world — just behind Sonha (1.5 million) and ahead of Mundari (1.5 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Chuwaboic group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Takwane spoken?
Takwane is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Mozambique (1.5 million).
Takwane is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Takwane 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 Chuwabu, Makhuwa, Lomwe, Makhuwa-Shirima, Makhuwa-Meetto, Swahili and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 tke.
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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.