Kwang language

Not to be confused with Kwang language (Nigeria).

Kwang (also known as Kwong) is an East Chadic language of Chad.^[2]

Kwang
Buso
Native to	Chad
Native speakers	(17,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic A Kwang–Kera (A.3) Kwang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: kvi – Kwang bso – Buso
Glottolog	kwan1285
ELP	Buso

Documentation

Surveys and other documentation work have been done by Nodjibogoto et al.^[3][4] A description of Kwang was published by Jungraithmayr & Peust in 2023.^[5]

Dialects

Dialects are Mobu, Ngam, and Cagin.^[5]

References

1. Kwang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Buso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
3. Nodjibogoto, Abel Nessiel; Mark Vanderkooi & Stephen Wagner. 2001. Enquete linguistique: kwang. 28pp.
4. Nodjibogoto, A. Nessiel; Mark Vanderkooi & S. Wagner. 1990. Étude Linguistique - Kwang. Draft manuscript. 28pp.
5. Jungraithmayr, Herrmann; Peust, Carsten (2023). La langue kwang et ses dialectes (République du Tchad) (in French). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-12141-5.