Mashi language
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For the language of Nigeria, see Naki language.
Mashi | |
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Native to | Zambia, Angola |
Native speakers
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22,000 (2000–2010)[1] |
Dialects |
Mashi
North Kwandu
South Kwandu
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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
- ↑ Mashi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Nurse & Phillipson 2003
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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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