Kwangwa language

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Kwangwa
Kwanga
Native to Zambia
Native speakers
 unknown (12,000 Kwandi and 29,000 Kwanga cited 1969 census)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone K)
          • Kavango?
            • Kwangwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Linguist list
 lyn-kwg
  lyn-kwa
K.37, K.721[2]

Kwangwa (Kwanga) is a Bantu language of Zambia.

Maho (2009) lists K.721 Kwandi as a distinct but closely related language.[2]

Kwandi and Kwanga had once been classified as dialects of the divergent Luyana language.

References

  1. ↑ Luyana reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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