Chokwe–Luchazi languages

Chokwe–Luchazi
Linguistic classification:

Niger–Congo

  • Atlantic–Congo
Glottolog: chok1244[1]

The Chokwe–Luchazi languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone K.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node. They are:

Chokwe, Luvale, Luchazi, Mbunda, Nyengo, Luimbi

Ngangela, a standardized mixture of Luvale, Luchazi, Mbunda, and Luimbi, serves alongside Chokwe as one of the national languages of Angola.

References

  1. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Chokwe–Luchazi (K.20)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.