Native to Zambia Native speakers 460 (2010 census) Glottolog mbow1246 | Region Okavango River ISO 639-3 mxo | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu (Zone K)
Kavango?
(or maybe Luyana)
Mbowe | ||
Mbowe (Esimbowe) is a Bantu language of Zambia.
Maho (2009) lists K.321 Mbume and K.322 Liyuwa as distinct but closely related languages. Mbowe had once been classified as a dialect of the divergent Luyana language.
References
Mbowe language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA