Bravanese dialect
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| Bravanese | |
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| Mwiini | |
| Chimwiini | |
| Native to | Somalia |
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Native speakers
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180,000 all Swahili in Somalia (2006)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | (included in swh) |
| Glottolog | mwin1241[2] |
G.412[3] |
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Bravanese, also called Chimwiini (ChiMwini, Mwiini, Mwini) or Chimbalazi[4]) is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bravanese people, who are the predominant inhabitants of Barawa, or Brava, in Somalia.[5] Maho (2009) considers it a distinct language.
See also
Notes
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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- ↑ Ethnologue report for Somalia
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- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ I. M. Lewis, Islam in tropical Africa, Volume 1964, (International African Institute in association with Indiana University Press: 1980), p.7.
- ↑ Abdullahi, p.11.
