Mbowe language

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Mbowe
Esimbowe
Native to Zambia
Region Okavango River
Native speakers
 unknown (2,700 Mbowe proper cited 1969 census)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mxo
K.32[2]

Mbowe (Esimbowe) is a Bantu language of Zambia.

Maho (2009) lists K.321 Mbume and K.322 Liyuwa as distinct but closely related languages.[2] Mbowe had once been classified as a dialect of the divergent Luyana language.

References

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


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