Kwangwa language

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Kwangwa
Kwanga
Native to Zambia
Native speakers
2,400 Kwanga and Kwandi (2010 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog kwan1275   Kwangwa
kwan1274   Kwandi
K.37, K.371 [2]

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

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