Kalanga language

Not to be confused with Kalagan language, Karanga language, or Karanga dialect.
Kalanga
Ikalanga
Native to Zimbabwe, Botswana
Ethnicity Kalanga people
(formerly) Lemba
Native speakers
 950,000 (2000–2004)[1]
Official status
Official language in
 Zimbabwe (both Kalanga and Nambya)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
kck – Kalanga
nmq – Nambya
Glottolog kala1405[2]
S.16[3]
Linguasphere 99-AUT-ai

The Kalanga language, or Ikalanga, TjiKalanga, is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people. It is known for its extensive phoneme inventory, which includes palatalized, velarized, aspirated, and breathy-voiced consonants. It is closely related to KheLobedu language spoken in northeastern South Africa.

Classification

Kalanga has the following dialects: Kalanga proper, Nambya (Nanzwa), Lilima (Tjililima, Humbe), Nyai (Rozvi), Lemba (Remba), Lembethu (Rembethu), Twamamba (Xwamamba), Pfumbi, Jaunda (Jawunda, Jahunda), and the extinct †Romwe, †Peri, †Talahundra (Talaunda).[3]

Bibliography

References

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

External links

Kalanga language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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