Nkoya language

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Nkoya
Shinkoya
Native to Zambia
Native speakers
36,000 (2010 census)[1]
Dialects
Nkoya proper
Mbwera (Mbowela)
Kolwe (Lukolwe)
Shangi (Lushangi)
Shasha (Mashasha)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nka
Glottolog nkoy1244[2]
L.60 (L.601–603,61–62)[3]

Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.

Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.[3]

References

  1. Nkoya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  3. 3.0 3.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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