Nkoya language
Bantu language of Zambia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Mbwela language (Angola).
Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.
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Nkoya | |
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Shinkoya | |
Native to | Zambia |
Native speakers | 36,000 (2010 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nka |
Glottolog | nkoy1244 |
L.60 (L.601–603,61–62) [2] |
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Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.[2]