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(Redirected from Shasha dialect) Bantu language of Zambia Not to be confused with Mbwela language (Angola).
Nkoya
Shinkoya
Native toZambia
Native speakers36,000 (2010 census)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Nkoya proper
  • Mbwera (Mbowela)
  • Kolwe (Lukolwe)
  • Shangi (Lushangi)
  • Shasha (Mashasha)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nka
Glottolognkoy1244
Guthrie codeL.60 (L.601–603,61–62)

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.

References

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

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