Kwangali language

Kwangali
Kwangali
Rukwangali
Native to	Namibia, Angola
Region	Kavango West
Native speakers	152,000 (2018)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest Kavango Kwangali; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kwn
Glottolog	kwan1273
Guthrie code	K.33

Kwangali, or RuKwangali, is a Bantu language spoken by 85,000 people along the Kavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Angola. It is one of several Bantu languages of the Kavango which have click consonants; these are the dental clicks c and gc, along with prenasalization and aspiration.

Maho (2009) includes Mbunza as a dialect, but excludes Sambyu, which he includes in Manyo.

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