Region Okavango River ISO 639-3 mhw | Native speakers 35,000 (1997–2006) Glottolog mbuk1240 | |
Native to Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu (Zone K)
Mbukushu | ||
Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.
Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants. Mbukushu has three: tenuis c, voiced gc, and nasalized nc, as well as prenasalized ngc, which vary between speakers as dental, palatal, and postalveolar (The Bantu Languages, 2003:37). It also has a nasal glottal approximant.
References
Mbukushu language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA