Holoholo language
Holoholo is a Bantu language of DR Congo and formerly in Tanzania spoken by the Holoholo people on either side of Lake Tanganyika. Classification is uncertain, but it may belong with the Takama group (Nurse 2003:169).
Holoholo | |
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Kalanga | |
Hɔlɔhɔlɔ | |
Native to | DR Congo |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hoo |
Glottolog | holo1240 |
D.28 [2] | |
ELP | Holoholo |
Maho (2009) classifies D281 Tumbwe (Etumbwe) and D282 Lumbwe as closest to Holoholo. Neither has an ISO code.[2]
The aitches in the name are silent, and used to separate vowels: [ɔlɔ.ɔlɔ].
References
- Holoholo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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