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Fwe language

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Native speakers
  
10,200 (2006)

Glottolog
  
fwee1238

ISO 639-3
  
fwe

Guthrie code
  
K.402

Region
  
Okavango River, Namibia

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Botatwe Subia Fwe

Fwe, or Chifwe, is a Bantu language spoken by 10,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia and in the Western Province in Zambia. It is closely related to Kuhane, and is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants.

References

Fwe language Wikipedia


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