Region Okavango River ISO 639-3 sbs Guthrie code K.42 (K.401) | Native speakers 31,000 (2006) Glottolog subi1246 | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Botatwe
Subia
Kuhane | ||
Kuhane, or Subiya, also known as Kwahane, Chikuahane, Chikwahane, Ciikuhane, or Mbalang'we, is a Bantu language spoken by 35,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana. In Tswana it is known as Subiya (Supia, Sesubea, Echisubia). It is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants.
References
Kuhane language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA