Nkoya language
Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.
Not to be confused with Mbwela language (Angola).
Nkoya | |
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Shinkoya | |
Native to | Zambia |
Native speakers | 36,000 (2010 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nka |
Glottolog | nkoy1244 |
L.60 (L.601–603,61–62) [2] |
Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.[2]
References
- Nkoya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
External links
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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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