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| Makonde | |
|---|---|
| Chi(ni)makonde | |
| Native to | Tanzania,Mozambique,Malawi,Kenya |
| Ethnicity | Makonde,Ndonde Hamba |
Native speakers | (2.1 million cited 1987–2016)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:kde – Makondemvw – Machinganjd – Ndonde Hambawtb – Matambwe |
| Glottolog | mako1251 Makondemach1265 Machingamata1313 Matambwe |
P.23,24,25[2] | |
| Person | Mmakonde |
|---|---|
| People | Wamakonde |
| Language | Kimakonde |
| Country | Umakonde |
Makonde, orKimakonde, is the language spoken by theMakonde, an ethnic group in southeastTanzania and northernMozambique.[3] Makonde is a centralBantu language closely related toYao. TheMatambwe (Matembwe) andMabiha (Maviha) dialects are divergent, and may not be Makonde.[4][full citation needed]
A mosquito-borne viral fever first identified on theMakonde Plateau is namedChikungunya, which is derived from the Makonde root verbkungunyala (meaning "that which bends up", "to become contorted," or "to walk bent over").[5] The derivation of the term is generally falsely attributed toSwahili.[6]
The following are the consonants and vowels of the Makonde language:[7]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | a |
There also tends to be a rising final vowel sound /vv́/ within vowel combinations.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | ||
| Affricate | tʃ | |||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | w | |||
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