Mashi language

For the language of Nigeria, see Naki language.
Mashi
Native to Zambia, Angola
Native speakers
 22,000  (2000–2010)[1]
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
Glottolog mash1267[2]
K.34[3]

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.[4] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.

References

  1. ↑ Mashi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mashi (Zambia)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. ↑ Nurse & Phillipson 2003