Ilwana | |
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Malakote | |
Kiwilwana | |
Native to | Kenya |
Region | Tana River District |
Native speakers | 22,000 (2019 census) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mlk |
Glottolog | ilwa1237 |
E.701 [2] | |
ELP | Kiwilwana |
Ilwana (Kiwilwana), or Malakote, is a minor Bantu language of Kenya.
The Pokomo people are a Bantu ethnic group of southeastern Kenya. Their population in Kenya was 112,075 in 2019. They are a distinct ethnic group with their own sub-clans/tribes. Despite their proximity, they are not of the nearby Mijikenda people. They are predominantly agriculturalists and both freshwater and ocean fishermen living along the Tana River in Tana River County. They speak the Pokomo language, which is similar to Swahili.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |