Mbowe language

Mbowe (Esimbowe^[1]) is a Bantu language of Zambia.

Mbowe
Esimbowe
Native to	Zambia
Region	Okavango River
Native speakers	460 (2010 census)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Kavango? (or maybe Luyana) Mbowe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mxo
Glottolog	mbow1246
Guthrie code	K.32[2]
ELP	Mbowe

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.