Nkoya language

(Redirected from Mbwela)

Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.

Nkoya
Shinkoya
Native toZambia
Native speakers
36,000 (2010 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Nkoya proper
  • Mbwera (Mbowela)
  • Kolwe (Lukolwe)
  • Shangi (Lushangi)
  • Shasha (Mashasha)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nka
Glottolognkoy1244
L.60 (L.601–603,61–62)[2]

Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.[2]

References

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