Simaa language

Simaa
Simaa
Native to	Zambia
Native speakers	17,000 (2010 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Kavango? Simaa; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Simaa; Mulonga; Mwenyi; Koma; Imilangu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sie
Glottolog	sima1258
Guthrie code	K.35
ELP	Mwenyi

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

Maho (2009) lists K35 Simaa, K351 Mulonga, K352 Mwenyi, K353 Koma (Makoma), and K354 Imilangu, all covered by ISO code [sie], as distinct but closely related languages.

References[]

^ Simaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

External links[]

ELAR archive of a Preliminary Documentation of Mwenyi

[e18-1] Simaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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