Kuhane language
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| Kuhane | |
|---|---|
| Subiya | |
| Region | Zambezi River |
Native speakers | 31,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sbs |
| Glottolog | subi1246[2] |
K.42 (K.401)[3] | |
Kuhane, or Subiya (also known as Kwahane, Chikuahane, Chikwahane, Ciikuhane or Mbalang'we), is a Bantu language spoken by 35,000 people along the Zambezi River in Namibia, Zambia and Botswana. In Tswana it is known as Subiya (Supia, Sesubea, Echisubia). It is one of several Bantu languages of the Zambezi which have click consonants.
References[edit]
- ^ Kuhane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Subiya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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