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MATOS (P. ALexandre Valente de ). DICIONÁRIO Portugês-Macua. Lisboa. 1974. - MATOS (P. ALexandre Valente de ) DICIONÁRIO Portugês-Macua . Lisboa: Imprensa Portuguesa, 1974. XXVII, 430 pp.; 245 mm. Dictionary of the Macua language, a Bantu language spoken by approximately two and a half million Mozambicans in northern Mozambique, compiled by a missionary from the Portuguese Missionary Society with over thirty years of presence in the region. The vocabulary was collected in the administrative districts of Malema and Ribáuè, chosen for their relative immunity to external linguistic influences, documenting the Macua of the interior – a vernacular form of the language, less permeable to contact with the coast and with languages such as Cinyanja. The author also recorded terms of Cinyanja influence when their use had become common, ensuring the practical usefulness of the dictionary for Europeans working in the north of the state. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate