Kwangwa language

Bantu language spoken in Zambia
Kwangwa
Kwanga
Native toZambia
Native speakers
2,400 Kwanga and Kwandi (2010 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkwan1275  Kwangwa
kwan1274  Kwandi
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

  1. ^ Luyana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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