Luyana language
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Luyana | |
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Esiluyana | |
Native to | Zambia; immigrants in Namibia, Angola |
Region | Okavango River |
Native speakers
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480 Luyana proper in Zambia (2010 census)[1] perhaps 7,500 in Botswana (no date; not clear if Luyana proper)[2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lyn |
Glottolog | luya1241 [3] |
K.31 [4] |
Luyana (Luyaana), also known as Luyi (Louyi, Lui, Rouyi), is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia and perhaps in small numbers in neighboring countries. It appears to be an divergent lineage of Bantu.[5]
Ethnologue lists Kwandi, Mbowe, Mbume, and possibly Kwangwa ("Kwanga") as dialects. Maho (2009) classifies these as distinct languages; it is not clear if any of them are part of the divergent Luyana branch of Bantu, or if they are Kavango languages.[4]
References
- ↑ Luyana at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Botswana at Ethnologue
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Bantu Classification, Ehret, 2009.
See also
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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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