Dema language

Dema
Native to Mozambique
Native speakers
5,000 (2000)[1]
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

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


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