Mashi language
For the language of Nigeria, see Naki language.
Mashi | |
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Native to | Zambia, Angola |
Native speakers | 22,000 (2000–2010)[1] |
Dialects |
Mashi
North Kwandu
South Kwandu
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
mho |
Glottolog |
mash1267 [2] |
K.34 [3] |
Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.[4] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.
References
- ↑ Mashi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mashi (Zambia)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Nurse & Phillipson 2003
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