Mbukushu language
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| Mbukushu | |
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| Thimbukushu | |
| Native to | Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia |
| Region | Okavango River |
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Native speakers
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unknown (35,000 cited 1997–2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mhw |
| Glottolog | mbuk1240[2] |
K.333[3] |
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Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.
Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants. Mbukushu has three: tenuis c, voiced gc, and nasalized nc, as well as prenasalized ngc, which vary between speakers as dental, palatal, and postalveolar (The Bantu Languages, 2003:37). It also has a nasal glottal approximant.
References
- ↑ Mbukushu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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