Mbukushu language
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.
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Thimbukushu | |
Native to | Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia |
Region | Okavango River |
Native speakers | 49,710 (2018)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mhw |
Glottolog | mbuk1240 |
K.333
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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
- "Mbukushu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- Simons, Gary F. and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2018. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Twenty-first edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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