Shanjo language

Shanjo (Sanjo) is a Bantu language of Zambia. Maho (2009) lists it as distinct from Tonga, which it has sometimes been classified as a dialect of.[2]

Shanjo
Native toZambia
Native speakers
4,400 total of perhaps Shanjo, Mala, and Kafue Twa (2010 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3included in Tonga (Zambia) [toi]
Glottologshan1291
K.36[2]

References

  1. Tonga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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