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Revision as of 17:19, 1 June 2014

Mashi
Native toZambia, Angola
Native speakers
(21,000 in Zambia cited 1969 [sic] census)[1]
2,600 in Angola (2000)
Dialects
  • Mashi
  • North Kwandu
  • South Kwandu
Language codes
ISO 639-3mho
Glottologmash1267
K.34[2]

Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.[3] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.

References

  1. ^ Mashi at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Nurse & Phillipson 2003