Mbowe language
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Bantu language spoken in Zambia
Mbowe | |
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Esimbowe | |
Native to | Zambia |
Region | Okavango River |
Native speakers | 460 (2010 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mxo |
Glottolog | mbow1246 |
K.32 [2] | |
ELP | Mbowe |
Mbowe (Esimbowe[1]) is a Bantu language of Zambia.
Maho (2009) lists K.321 Mbume and K.322 Liyuwa as distinct but closely related languages.[2] Mbowe had once been classified as a dialect of the divergent Luyana language.
References
- ^ a b Mbowe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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