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Mwani language

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The name of the language comes from the word "Mwani", meaning "beach". The prefix "Ki" means the language of, so "Kimwani" literally means "language of the beach".
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is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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Namuna ya kufifunda kufyoma na kwandika (Manual de transição, língua Kimwani)
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Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates
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Ishirini (20), thelathini (30), arubaini (40), hamsini (50)
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of consonants (indicated by a following the consonant) and
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can be spelled in three ways: using orthography similar to
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characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see
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A sketch of Kimwani (a minority language of Mozambique)
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sitini (60), sabini (70), themanini (80), tisini (90)
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Ethnologue list of countries where Kimwani is spoken
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The pronunciation of the phoneme /i/ stands between
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appears to be the result of imperfect shift towards
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John Benjamins Publishing. p. 94. 1362:Smith, Norval; Veenstra, Tonjes (2001). 1279:sita (6), saba (7), nane (8), kenda (9) 897: 532:. The vowels are pronounced as follows: 1302: 273:question marks, boxes, or other symbols 1401:A sketch of Kimwani by Petzell, Malin 1388:Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), 1320: 1318: 539:is pronounced like the "a" in Arabic 376:several centuries ago by speakers of 303: 168: 7: 1390:Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction 900:Kimwani spelling systems differences 482:. 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Kimwani
Mozambique
Mwani
L1
L2
Language family
Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Coast Bantu
Sabaki
Swahili
Writing system
Latin
ISO 639-3
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Glottolog
mwan1247
Guthrie code
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Unicode
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