Mashi language

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Mashi
Native to Zambia, Angola
Native speakers
 unknown (21,000 in Zambia cited 1969 [sic] census)[1]
2,600 in Angola (2000)
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Kavango–Southwest?
            • Kavango?
              • Mashi
Dialects
Mashi
North Kwandu
South Kwandu
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mho
K.34[2]

Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.[3] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.

References

  1. ↑ Mashi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ↑ Nurse & Phillipson 2003
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