Mbukushu language

Mbukushu
	Thimbukushu
Native to	Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia
Region	Okavango River
Native speakers	49,710 (2018)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Mbukushu; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mhw
Glottolog	mbuk1240
Guthrie code	K.333

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[edit]

^ "Mbukushu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mbukushu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ Simons, Gary F. and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2018. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Twenty-first edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

External links[edit]

Mbukushu sound files at UCLA

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[1] "Mbukushu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mbukushu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[3] Simons, Gary F. and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2018. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Twenty-first edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.

[Guthrie-4] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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v t e Languages of Namibia
Official language	English
Recognized regional	Oshiwambo Kwanyama Ndonga Afrikaans German
Other Bantu languages	Otjiherero Rukwangali Setswana Zemba Gciriku Fwe Kuhane Thimbukushu Shiyeyi
Khoisan	Nama/Damara Naro ǃXóõ Kung-Ekoka ǂKxʼauǁʼein Kxoe
Sign languages	Namibian Sign Language

v t e Languages of Angola
Official language	Portuguese
National languages	Bolo Chokwe Gciriku Hakaona Herero Holu Ibinda Khwe Kimbundu Kongo !Kung Kung-Ekoka Kuvale Kwadi Kwangali Kwanyama Lunda Mbunda Ndonga Oshiwambo Umbundu Lingala Lucazi Luimbi Luvale Luyana Mashi Mbali Mbangala Mbukushu Ndombe Ngambwe Ngoya Nkumbi Nsongo Nyaneka Nyengo Ruund Sama Sekele Zemba

v t e Languages of Botswana
Bantu	Birwa Gciriku Herero Ikalanga Kgalagadi Kuhane Mbukushu Nambya Northern Ndebele Tswana (official) Tswapong Yeyi Zezuru
Khoisan	ǁAni Gǁana Gǀwi ǂHõã Juǀʼhoan Khwe ǂKxʼauǁʼein Nama Naro Shua Taʼa Tshwa
Indo-European	Afrikaans English (official)

v t e Languages of Zambia
Official language	English
Regional languages	Bemba Kaonde Lozi Lunda Luvale Nyanja Tonga
Indigenous languages	Bwile Chokwe Ila Kuhane Kunda Kwangwa Lala-Bisa Lamba Lenje Luyana Mambwe-Lungu Mbamba Bay Mbowe Mbukushu Mbunda Mwanga Nkangala Nkoya Nsenga Shanjo Shona Soli Tabwa Tumbuka Wanda Yao
Sign languages	Zambian Sign Language

Mbukushu language

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