Survey of the mozambican languages.
The number of speakers is difficult to ascertain:
INE 1998: 15.242.080 (only persons of more than 5 years are included).
Ethnologue 2007: 16.000989 (not changed since 2005).
www.gov.co.mz 2007: Population total 20.366.795.
The following table indicates the percentage of speakers in the most important languages. More details are found in a more detailed tabel.
|
Name (NELIMO) |
% (INE1998) |
Name Ethnologue |
Code Eth. |
% (Eth2007) |
Comments |
|
GR 1 |
5,10 % |
|
|
4,91% |
|
|
2,04 % |
Yao |
YAO |
2,81% |
Malawian language Also used in Tanzania |
|
|
2,14 % |
Makonde |
KDE |
1,46% |
Tanzanian language |
|
|
0,20 % |
Mwani |
WMW |
0,50% |
"Mozambican Swahili" |
|
|
GR 2 |
43,29 % |
|
|
44,48% |
|
|
24,68 % |
Makhuwa |
VMW |
15,63% |
|
|
|
Emeetto |
1,64 % |
Makhuwa Emetto |
MGH |
5,00% |
Dialect of Emakhuwa (*b11*) |
|
Echirima |
0,00 % |
Makhuwa Shirima |
VMK |
3,13% |
Dialect of Emakhuwa (*b11*) |
|
n.a. |
|
Makhuwa Moniga |
MHM |
1,25% |
Dialect of Emakhuwa (*b11*) |
|
Emarevoni |
0,00 % |
Makhuwa Marrevone |
XMC |
2,63% |
Dialect of Emakhuwa (*b11*) |
|
Elomwe |
8,35 % |
Lomwe |
NGL |
8,13% |
Dialect de Emakhuwa (*b11*) |
|
n.a. |
|
Lolo |
LLB |
0,94% |
Dialect of Elomwe (*L2*) |
|
Ekoti |
0,67 % |
Koti |
EKO |
0,40% |
Separat language? (*b11*) |
|
n.a. |
|
Manyawa |
MNY |
0,94% |
= Takwana? (*L2*) |
|
n.a. |
|
Takwane |
TKE |
0,94% |
= Manyawa? (*L2*) |
|
4,24 % |
|
CHW |
4,92% |
|
|
|
Marenje |
3,67 % |
|
VMR |
0,47% |
Dialect of Echuwabu |
|
GR 3 |
18,84 % |
|
|
11,62% |
|
|
10,17 % |
|
SHE |
5,48% |
|
|
|
Ngorongoza |
0,81 % |
|
n.a. |
|
Dialect of Cisena (*b11*) |
|
|
0,02 % |
Nsenga |
NSE |
0,88% |
Dialecto de Cinyanja (*b11*) |
|
0,59 % |
|
BWG |
0,09% |
|
|
|
3,44 % |
Nyanja |
NYJ |
3,11% |
Malawian language. Include Cicewa. |
|
|
Maganja |
0,56 % |
|
n.a. |
|
|
|
2,62 % |
Nhungwe |
NYU |
1,64% |
|
|
|
Cikunda |
0,32 % |
Kunda |
KND |
0,03% |
Zimbabwean language |
|
GR 4 |
7,04 % |
|
|
14,66% |
|
|
5,17 % |
Ndau |
NDC |
11,88% |
Close to Shona in Zimbabwe |
|
|
1,11 % |
Tewe |
TWX |
1,56% |
|
|
|
0,47 % |
Manyika |
MXC |
0,91% |
Zimbabwean language |
|
|
Citawara |
0,19 % |
|
TWL |
0,31% |
Dialect of Cindau |
|
GR 5 |
4,77 % |
|
|
6,46% |
|
|
2,65 % |
|
CCE |
5,00% |
|
|
|
2,10 % |
|
TOH |
1,46% |
|
|
|
GR 6 |
20,97 % |
|
|
17,87% |
|
|
11,59 % |
|
TSO |
9,38% |
Close to Tsonga in South Africa. |
|
|
5,02 % |
|
TSC |
4,35% |
|
|
|
4,11 % |
|
RON |
4,01% |
|