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Kwangwa language

Kwangwa (Kwanga) is a Bantu language of Zambia.

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Kwangwa
Kwanga
Native toZambia
Native speakers
2,400 Kwanga and Kwandi (2010 census)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkwan1275  Kwangwa
kwan1274  Kwandi
K.37, K.3712

Kwangwa (Kwanga) is a Bantu language of Zambia.

Maho (2009) lists K.721 Kwandi as a distinct but closely related language.2

Kwandi and Kwanga had once been classified as dialects of the divergent Luyana language.

References

References

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