Alternate Names: Chirima, Eshirima, Makhuwa-Exirima, Makhuwa-Niassa, Makhuwa-Xirima, Shirima, West Makua, Xirima
Dialects: None known. Probably not intelligible of Makhuwa-Meetto , or Lomwe ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 618,000 (2006).
Language Development: NT: 2000.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mozambique