Kwangali | |
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Rukwangali | |
Native to | Namibia, Angola |
Region | Okavango River |
Native speakers
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84,000 (2000) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | kwan1273 |
K.33 |
Kwangali, or RuKwangali, is a Bantu language spoken by 85,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Angola. It is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants; these are the dental clicks c and gc, along with prenasalization and aspiration. It also has a nasal glottal approximant.
Maho (2009) includes Mbundza as a dialect, but excludes Sambyu, which he includes in Manyo.