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Makonde (Swahili: Kimakonde, Portuguese: Maconde) is the language spoken by the Makonde, an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Makonde is a central Bantu language closely related to Yao. The Matambwe (Matembwe) and Mabiha (Maviha) dialects are divergent, and may not be Makonde. A mosquito-borne viral fever first identified on the Makonde Plateau is named Chikungunya, which

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Makonde
Chi(ni)makonde
Native toTanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya
EthnicityMakonde, Ndonde Hamba
Native speakers
(2.1 million cited 1987–2016)
Dialects
  • ? Matembwe–Machinga
  • Mabiha
  • Ndonde Hamba (Mawanda)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
kde – Makonde
mvw – Machinga
njd – Ndonde Hamba
wtb – Matambwe
Glottologmako1251  Makonde
mach1265  Machinga
mata1313  Matambwe
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