Shi language
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| Shi | |
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| Kishi | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Region | Sud-Kivu Province |
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Native speakers
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unknown (660,000 cited 1991)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: shr – Shi nyg – Nyindu |
| Glottolog | shii1238 (Shi)[2]nyin1248 (Nyindu)[3] |
JD.53,501[4] |
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Shi, or Nyabungu, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Nyindu variety is heavily influenced by Lega, and speakers consider it a dialect of Lega rather than Shi, as Shi speakers see it. Maho (2009) leaves it unclassified as JD.501.[4]
References
- ↑ Shi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Nyindu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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