Native to Kenya Native speakers 17,000 (2009 census) Glottolog ilwa1237 | Region Tana River District ISO 639-3 mlk | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Coast Bantu
Sabaki
Ilwana | ||
Ilwana (Kiwilwana), or Malakote, is a minor Bantu language of Kenya. Arends et al. state that it is a mixed language from c. 1650 of Bantu Ilwana and Cushitic Oromo.
References
Ilwana language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA