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Mbukushu language

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Mbukushu
Thimbukushu
Native toNamibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia
RegionOkavango River
Native speakers
(35,000 cited 1997–2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhw
Glottologmbuk1240
K.333[2]

Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.

Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants. Mbukushu has three: tenuis c, voiced gc, and nasalized nc, as well as prenasalized ngc, which vary between speakers as dental, palatal, and postalveolar (The Bantu Languages, 2003:37). It also has a nasal glottal approximant.

References

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