Nkoya language
(Redirected from Shasha language)
| Nkoya | |
|---|---|
| Shinkoya | |
| Native to | Zambia |
Native speakers | 36,000 (2010 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nka |
| Glottolog | nkoy1244 |
L.60 (L.601–603,61–62)[2] | |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
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.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Nkoya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
External links
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