Dema language

Dema
Native to	Mozambique
Native speakers	5,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantu Shona (S.10) Dema
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`dmx`
Glottolog	`dema1235`^[2]

Dema is a Bantu language of Mozambique. It is closely related to Shona. The population has been displaced by the construction of a dam.

References

↑ Dema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dema". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Mozambique

Official language	Portuguese

Indigenous languages	Barwe Chewa Chichopi Chuwabu Dema Kimwani Koti Kunda Lomwe Maindo Makhuwa Makonde Makwe Manyika Mwani Nathembo Ndau Ngoni Nsenga Nyungwe Phimbi Ronga Sena Shona Swahili Swati Tawara Tewe Tonga Tsonga Tswa Yao Zulu

Sign languages	Mozambican Sign Language

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