Atlantic-Congo · East Africa

Makonde

Not endangered

Makonde is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3kde
Glottocodemako1251

Spoken in Mozambique · Tanzania

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Makonde.

  1. Machinga

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  2. Makwe

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  3. Mwera (Chimwera)

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  4. Yao

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  5. Matengo

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  6. Matumbi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Mpoto

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  8. Ndendeule

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for Makonde from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)