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Mwani language
The Mwani language, or ''Kimwani'' (pronounced (:kiˈmwani)), is spoken on the coast of the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique, including the Quirimbas Islands. Although it shares high lexical similarity (60%) with Swahili, it is not intelligible with it. It is spoken by around 120,000 people (including 20,000 who use it as their second language). Speakers of ''Kimwani'' also use Portuguese, (the official language of Mozambique), Swahili and Makhuwa language. ''Kiwibo'', the dialect of the Island of Ibo is the prestige dialect. ''Kimwani'' (sometimes spelled as ''Quimuane'') is also called ''Mwani'' (sometimes spelled as: ''Mwane, Muane'') and ''Ibo''. According to Anthony P. Grant: 'Kimwani of northern Mozambique appears to be the result of imperfect shift towards Swahili several centuries ago by speakers of Makonde', and Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Makonde–Swahili mixed language.〔Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), ''Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction''〕
== Name ==
''Kimwani'' is the Kimwani word for the Kimwani language, and this is also used in English. 'Ki-' is a prefix attached to nouns of the noun class that includes languages. ''Mwani'' means 'people from the coast', and ''Kimwani'' refers to the '(Ki)Mwani Language' or 'language of the people from the coast'.
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