Xingoni

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A language of Mozambique

ISO 639-3
xnq
Alternate Names
Mozambican Ngoni, Ngoni
Autonym
Xingoni
User Population

53,000 (2020 SIL).

Location

Cabo Delgado province: Meluco, Montepuez, Mueda, and Nangade districts; Niassa province: Mecula district.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, N, Manda (N.12)
Language Use

Used by all. Also use Portuguese [por].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Xingoni
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Different from Ngoni which is an alternate name for Zulu [zul], Ngoni dialect of Nsenga [nse], Ngoni dialect of Tumbuka [tum], and Chingoni [xnj] of Tanzania. Not related to Ngoni [nya] of Malawi. Muslim.