Fwe language
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| Fwe | |
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| Chifwe | |
| Region | Okavango River, Namibia |
Native speakers | 10,200 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fwe |
| Glottolog | fwee1238 |
K.402[2] | |
Fwe, or Chifwe, is a Bantu language spoken by 10,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia and in the Western Province in Zambia. It is closely related to Kuhane, and is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants.
References
- ^ Fwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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