Chokwe language
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| Chokwe | |
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| Native to | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia |
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Native speakers
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unknown (980,000 cited 1990–1991)[1] |
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Niger–Congo
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Official language in
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Angola (national language) |
| Regulated by | Instituto de Línguas Nacionais |
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| ISO 639-3 | cjk |
| Glottolog | chok1245[2] |
K.11[3] |
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| Chokwe | |
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| Person | Kacôkwe |
| People | Tucôkwe |
| Language | Ucôkwe (Wuchokwe) |
Chokwe is the Bantu language spoken by the Chokwe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia. It is recognized as a national language of Angola, where half a million people spoke it in 1991. Another half a million speakers lived in the Congo in 1990, and some 20,000 in Zambia in 2010.[1] Angola's Instituto de Línguas Nacionais (National Languages Institute) has established spelling rules for Chokwe with a view to facilitate and promote its use. It is used as a lingua franca in eastern Angola.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chokwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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