Mbowe language
Mbowe (Esimbowe[1]) is a Bantu language of 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[3] |
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
- Mbowe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Endangered Languages Project data for Mbowe.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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