Nyungwe language
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Nyungwe is spoken by more than 439,000 people in Mozambique along the Zambezi River, principally in Tete Province.
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Official status
While Portuguese is the only official language of Mozambique, Nyungwe is one of the recognized national languages.
Phonology
The phonological inventory is:
Vowels
Consonants
History
Many vocabulary words collected by David Livingstone in Tete in the 1850s, and Courtois in the 1890s are similar to the words in common use by Nyungwe-speaking people today.
Examples
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