Makhuwa, also known as Makua or Macua, is a major Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and parts of Tanzania. It is the native tongue of the Makua people, an ethnic group concentrated primarily in Mozambique’s Nampula Province. With approximately 8.6 million speakers as of 2017, Makhuwa is the most widely spoken indigenous language in Mozambique. The Makhuwa language is part of the Niger–Congo language family and falls under the Southern Bantu subgroup. Its unique characteristics set it apart from other Bantu languages. For instance, it has replaced the typical consonant-vowel prefixes found in many Bantu languages with an “e” prefix. For example, “rain” is expressed as epula in Makhuwa,…