Mashi language

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Mashi
Native to Zambia, Angola
Native speakers
22,000 (2000–2010)[1]
Dialects
Mashi
North Kwandu
South Kwandu
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

  1. Mashi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. Nurse & Phillipson 2003