Native speakers 84,000 (2000) Glottolog kwan1273 | Region Okavango River ISO 639-3 kwn | |
Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantuKavango–SouthwestKavangoKwangali | ||
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.
References
Kwangali language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA