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ChiMwini

ChiMwini

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A language spoken by people on the southern coast of Somalia
  • noun
: ChiMwini
  • Many people in southern Somalia speak ChiMwini.

Examples

  • The ChiMwini language is used by communities along the southern coast of Somalia.

  • She is fluent in both Somali and ChiMwini after growing up in a multilingual family.

  • Linguists are working to document and preserve the ChiMwini language.

  • Are you learning ChiMwini this semester?

  • Linguists are working to document and preserve the ChiMwini language.

  • The ChiMwini language is used by communities along the southern coast of Somalia.

  • She is fluent in both Somali and ChiMwini after growing up in a multilingual family.

Surface Forms

ChiMwini singular
ChiMwinis plural

Etymology

ChiMwini probably comes from the common Bantu word part chi-, which means 'language of', plus Mwini, the name of the people or place. So ChiMwini means 'the language of the Mwini people', which fits its use as the name of a Bantu language in southern Somalia.