Native speakers 460 (2010 census) Glottolog mbow1246 | ISO 639-3 mxo | |
Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (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