Chimwini (Noun)
Meaning
A Bantu language spoken in southern Somalia.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Chimwini, a Bantu language spoken in southern Somalia, has approximately 20,000 speakers.
- Her work includes documenting endangered languages such as Chimwini and other Bantu languages spoken in the region.
- Chimwini is also known as Chimbalazi or Chimini and has different dialects in various parts of southern Somalia.
- Speakers of Chimwini primarily live in villages in southern Somalia along the Shebelle and Juba rivers.
- Although Chimwini is an essential part of the speakers' identity, few written materials on the language are available.