Manyika

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A language of Zimbabwe

ISO 639-3

mxc

Alternate Names

Bamanyeka, Chimanyika, Manika, Wamanyika, Wanyika

User Population

405,000 in Zimbabwe (2012). Total users in all countries: 551,000.

Location

Manicaland province: Makoni, Mutasa, Mutare, and Nyanga districts, northwest of Umtali.

Language Maps

6a* (Vigorous).

Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Shona (S.13)

Dialects

Bocha (Boka), Bunji, Bvumba, Domba, Guta, Here, Hungwe, Jindwi, Karombe, Nyamuka, Nyatwe, Unyama. A bit more divergent from Shona [sna] than the Karanga, Zezuru, and Korekore dialects. Partially intelligible with Shona. Lexical similarity: 74%–81% with Ndau [ndc].

Language Use

Used as L2 by Barwe [bwg].

Language Development

NT: 1908.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Manyika

Writing

Latin script [Latn].