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Shanjo language

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Native to
  
Zambia

Glottolog
  
shan1291

ISO 639-3
  
included in toi

Guthrie code
  
K.36

Native speakers
  
4,400 total of perhaps Shanjo, Mala, and Kafue Twa (2010 census)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Kavango? Shanjo

Shanjo (Sanjo) is a Bantu language of Zambia. Maho (2009) lists it as distinct from Tonga, which it has sometimes been classified as a dialect of.

References

Shanjo language Wikipedia