Maviha people

The Maviha are an ethnic and linguistic group based along the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. . They speak Mahiva language (sometimes considered a dialect of the more common Makonde language), a Niger-Congo language. As a second language, the people will often speak languages such as English in Tanzania, Portuguese and Makua in Mozambique, and Swahili in both countries.


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