Chopi language

Chopi language
Chopi
Chichopi
Spoken in Mozambique
Native speakers 960,000  (2006)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cce

Chopi, also spelled Copi, Tschopi, and Txopi, is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of Mozambique.


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