Native to Zambia ISO 639-3 nka | Native speakers 36,000 (2010 census) Glottolog nkoy1244 | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Luban
Luba ?
Nkoya Dialects Nkoya proper
Mbwera (Mbowela)
Kolwe (Lukolwe)
Shangi (Lushangi)
Shasha (Mashasha) | ||
Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.
Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.
References
Nkoya language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA