Chopi language

This article is about the Bantu language. For the ethnic group, see Chopi people. For the aromatic plant, see Zanthoxylum piperitum.

Not to be confused with Chopi language (Sudanic).

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

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

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