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Chopi language

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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