Language · Atlantic-Congo
Makonde
Chimakonde – its own name
Listed in 1 country.
Endangerment: not endangered according to Glottolog (AES, CC BY 4.0)
- Speakers (estimate)
- c. 1.7 million
- sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
- Script
- Latin
Place in the family tree
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- Benue-Congo
- Bantoid
- Southern Bantoid
- Bantu
- East Bantu
- Rufiji-Ruvuma
- Ruvuma
- Makondic
- Makonde
Nodes of the Glottolog tree (Glottolog, CC BY 4.0).
Where it is spoken
- Minority 1
Minority
- Tanzania 2.5% 1.7 million