Chopi language should not be confused with Chopi language (Sudanic).
| Chopi | |
| Nativename: | Chichopi |
| States: | Mozambique |
| Speakers: | million |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Ref: | e26 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
| Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam5: | Bantoid |
| Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam7: | Bantu |
| Fam8: | Southern Bantu |
| Fam9: | Chopi (S.60)? |
| Dia1: | Lenge |
| Iso3: | cce |
| Glotto: | chop1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Chopi |
| Lingua: | 99-AUT-cc incl. varieties 99-AUT-cca...-ccd |
| Guthrie: | S.61,611 |
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.
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | whstld. | lateral | |||||||
| Click | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| prenasal vl. | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| prenasal vd. | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| Nasal | plain | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| murmured | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| implosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | ||||||
| prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| murmured/pren. | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /t͡sᶲ/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /t͡sᶲʰ/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| voiced | (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /d͡zᵝ/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /ⁿd͡zᵝ/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| murmured/pren. | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /sᶲ/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /zᵝ/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | lateral | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| central | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
