Chisukwa

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Chisukwa
Chisukwa
Spoken in: Malawi 
Region: Misuku Hills
Total speakers: ~1000
Language family: Niger-Congo
 Atlantic-Congo
  Volta-Congo
   Benue-Congo
    Bantoid
     Southern Bantoid
      Narrow Bantu
       Chisukwa
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3:

Chisukwa is a Bantu language spoken in northern Malawi, in the Misuku Hills region. The language is critically endangered, with less than 1000 native speakers extant.

[edit] References

  • Kershner, Tiffany (2001) - "Imperfectivity in Chisukwa," pp. 37-52. Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamso to Sesotho, eds. Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, Bloomington: Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics

[edit] External links

  • Faculty page for Dr. Kershner, an expert on the linguistic structure of Chisukwa.