Makwe

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Cabo Delgado province: coast, Tanzania border area south to Quionga and Palma; Ruvuma river area to Pundanhar.

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Tanzania

Language NameMaraba

User Population

97,700 in Tanzania (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).

Location

Lindi and Mtwara regions.

Alternate Names

Chimaraba, Kimakwe, Makwe, Palma

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Language Use

Very low language vitality. Also use Swahili [swh].

Language Development

Motivation for literacy is high.

Other Comments

Muslim.