Chopi language

Chopi
Chopi
Chichopi
Native to	Mozambique
Native speakers	1.1 million (2017)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Chopi (S.60)? Chopi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Lenge;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cce
Glottolog	chop1243
Guthrie code	S.61,611
Linguasphere	99-AUT-cc ; incl. varieties ; 99-AUT-cca...-ccd

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

Maho (2009) lists the possibly extinct Lenge dialect as a distinct language.

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