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Chopi language

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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
Chichopi
Native toMozambique
Native speakers
1.1 million (2017)[1]
Dialects
  • Lenge
Language codes
ISO 639-3cce
Glottologchop1243
S.61,611[2]
Linguasphere99-AUT-cc
incl. varieties
99-AUT-cca...-ccd

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

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  1. ^ Chopi at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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