SomaliArabicEnglishItalian Languages of SomaliaSwahili languageSomalia stubsSwahili stubs SwahiliBravanese peopleBarawaSomaliaSomali Civil WarColumbusAtlantaUnited StatesLondonManchesterUnited KingdomMombasaKenyaEthnologuetense systemBantu dialects Bravanese Mwiini Chimwiini Native to Somalia Native speakers 183,000 (2015) [1] Language family Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili Bravanese Language codes ISO 639-3 (included in swh) Glottolog mwin1241 [2] Guthrie code G.412 [3] Bravanese , also called Chimwiini (ChiMwini, Mwiini, Mwini) or Chimbalazi [4] is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bravanese people, who are the predominant inhabitants of Barawa, or Brava, in Somalia. [5] Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. It is classified as a Northern Dialect of Swahili. [6] Due to the ongoing Somali Civil War, most speakers have left the region and are scattered throughout the world in ex-refugee im...