Lala-Bisa language
Lala-Bisa | |
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Biza-Lala | |
Native to | Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region | Copperbelt |
Native speakers |
350,000 in Zambia (2010)[1] unknown but smaller number in DRC |
Dialects |
Ambo (Mbo)
Luano
Swaka
Bisa (Ichibisa, Wiza)
Lala (Ichilala)
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
leb |
Glottolog |
lala1264 [2] |
M.51–53,521–522 [3] |
Lala-Bisa is a Bantu language of Zambia that is closely related to Bemba.
Swaka dialect is divergent, and sometimes classified as a separate language (Nurse 2003). Maho (2009) lists Biisa (Wisa), Lala, Ambo, Luano, and Swaka as distinct languages, with Ambo and Luano closest to Lala.
References
- ↑ Lala-Bisa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lala-Bisa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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