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Preferred term

yaoYao  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Makonde is the language spoken by the Makonde, an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Makonde is a central Bantu language closely related to Yao. The Matembwe dialect is divergent, and may not be Makonde.

Entry terms

  • Makonde language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • yao

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • yao

ISO 639-3 code

  • yao

Notation

  • yao

In other languages

  • yao

    French

  • Makonde
  • Chimakonde

    German

  • Yao-Sprache
  • yao (bantu)

    Italian

  • yao

    Portuguese

  • Língua maconde
  • yao

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/yao

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