Tags: 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 120000 people (including 20000 who use it as their second language). Speakers of Kimwani also use Portuguese (the official language of Mozambique) Swahili and Makhuwa language.
