Kwangwa language
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Bantu language spoken in Zambia
Kwangwa | |
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Kwanga | |
Native to | Zambia |
Native speakers | 2,400 Kwanga and Kwandi (2010 census)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | kwan1275 Kwangwakwan1274 Kwandi |
Guthrie code | 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[]
- ^ Luyana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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