This article is about the Bantu language. For the ethnic group, see Chopi people. For the aromatic plant, see Zanthoxylum piperitum.
Not to be confused with Chopi language (Sudanic).
Chopi | |
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Chichopi | |
Native to | Mozambique |
Native speakers | 1.1 million (2017)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | cce |
Glottolog | chop1243 |
S.61,611 [2] | |
Linguasphere | 99-AUT-cc |
Chopi, (also spelled Copi, Tschopi, and Txopi), is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of Mozambique.
Maho (2009) lists the possibly extinct Lenge dialect as a distinct language.[2]
References
- ↑ Chopi at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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