Mbukushu language

Mbukushu
Thimbukushu
Spoken in  Namibia
 Angola
 Botswana
 Zambia
Region Okavango River
Native speakers 35,100[1]  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mhw

Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language; in Botswana; in Angola; and in Zambia, where it is an official regional language. It appears to be an divergent lineage of Bantu.[2]

Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants. Mbukushu has three: tenuis c, voiced gc, and nasalized nc, which vary between speakers as dental, palatal, and postalveolar (The Bantu Languages, 2003:37).

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