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Chopi language

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Bantu language spoken in Mozambique

This article is about the Bantu language. For the ethnic group, seeChopi people. For the aromatic plant, seeZanthoxylum piperitum.

Chopi
Chichopi
Native to	Mozambique
Native speakers	1.1 million (2017)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Chopi (S.60)? Chopi
Dialects	Lenge
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cce`
Glottolog	`chop1243`
Guthrie code	`S.61,611`^[2]
Linguasphere	99-AUT-cc incl. varieties 99-AUT-cca...-ccd

Chopi, (also spelledCopi, Tschopi, andTxopi), is aBantu language spoken along the southern coast ofMozambique.

Maho (2009) lists the possibly extinct Lenge dialect as a distinct language.^[2]

^^a ^b ^c ^dVoiced fricative sounds are heard mostly as realizations of voiced affricates among modern speakers

Sounds/t͡sᶲ,t͡sᶲʰ,d͡zᵝ,ⁿd͡zᵝ/, are typically heard as labial-alveolar affricates[p͡sᶲ,p͡sᶲʰ,b͡zᵝ,ᵐb͡zᵝ], however in recent years there has been a shift in pronunciation having them pronounced purely as alveolar.
Consonants when preceding/j,w/ are always either palatalized[Cʲ] or labialized[Cʷ].
/ɟ/ may also be heard as an implosive[ʄ] in free variation.
/v/ may also be heard as an affricate[b͡v] in free variation.

^Chopi atEthnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^^a ^bJouni Filip Maho, 2009.New Updated Guthrie List Online
^Bailey, Richard Anthony (1995). "Issues in the phonology and orthography of Chopi (ciCopi S 61)". In Traill, A.; Vossen, R.; Biesele, M. M. A. (eds.).The complete linguist: papers in memory of Patrick J. Dickens. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. pp. 135–170.ISBN 978-3-927620-84-1.

v t e Languages of Mozambique
Official language	Portuguese
Indigenous languages	Barwe Chewa Chichopi Chitonga Chuwabu Dema Gitonga Kimwani Koti Kunda Lomwe Maindo Makhuwa Makonde Makwe Manyika Nathembo Ndau Ngoni Nsenga Nyungwe Phimbi Ronga Sena Shona Swahili Swati Tawara Tewe Tsonga Tswa Yao
Immigrant languages	English Punjabi Hindi
Sign languages	Mozambican Sign Language

Zone N

N10	N11Manda N12Ngoni N13Matengo N14Mpoto N15Tonga [N101Ndendeule N102Nindi N121Ngoni of Malawi
N20	N21Tumbuka [N201Mwera of Mbamba Bay
N30	N31aNyanja N31bCewa N31cManganja
N40	N41Nsenga N42Kunda N43Nyungwe N44Sena N45[44]Rue N46[44]Podzo [N441Sena-Malawi

Zone P

P10	P11Ndengereko P12Ruihi P13Matumbi P14Ngindo P15Mbunga
P20	P21Yao P22Mwera P23Makonde P24Ndonde P25Mabiha
P30	P31Makua P32Lomwe P33Ngulu P34Cuabo [P311Koti P312Sakati P331Lomwe of Malawi P341Moniga

Zone R

R10	R11Umbundu R12Ndombe R13Nyaneka R14Khumbi [R101Kuvale R102Kwisi R103Mbali
R20	R21Kwanyama R22Ndonga R23Kwambi R24Ngandyera [R211Kafima R212Evale R213Mbandja R214Mbalanhu R215Ndongwena R216Kwankwa R217Dombondola R218Esinga R241Kwaluudhi R242Kolonkadhi-Eunda
R30	R31Herero [R311North-West Herero R312Botswana Herero
R40	R41Yei

Zone S

S10	S11Korekore S12Zezuru S13aManyika S13bTebe S14Karanga S15Ndau S16Kalanga
S20	S21Venda
S30	S31aTswana S31bKgatla S31cNgwatu S31d[311]Khalaxadi S32aPedi S32bLobedu S33Sotho [S301Phalaborwa S302Kutswe S303Pai S304Pulana
S40	S41Xhosa S42Zulu S43Swati S44(Northern) Ndebele [S401Old Mfengu S402Bhaca S403Hlubi S404Phuthi S405Nhlangwini S406Lala S407South Ndebele S408Sumayela Ndebele
S50	S51Tswa S52[53]Gwamba S53Tsonga S54Ronga [S511Hlengwe
S60	S61Copi S62Tonga [S611Lenge

TheGuthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.

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