Bravanese dialect

Bravanese
Chimwiini
Spoken in	Somalia
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili Bravanese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	swh – Chimwiini (generic)

The Bravanese language (also called Chimwiini, ChiMwini, Mwiini, Mwini, or Chimbalazi^[1]) is a dialect of the Bantu Swahili language.^[2] It is spoken by the Bravanese people, who are the predominant inhabitants of Barawa, or Brava, in Somalia.^[3] Many Bravanese also speak Somali, which is an Afro-Asiatic language.

See also

• Bravanese people

Notes

1. ^ I. M. Lewis, Islam in tropical Africa, Volume 1964, (International African Institute in association with Indiana University Press: 1980), p.7.
2. ^ Ethnologue report for Somalia
3. ^ Abdullahi, p.11.

References

• Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia. Greenwood. ISBN 9780313313332. http://books.google.com/books?id=2Nu918tYMB8C.