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. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dema". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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