BaKalanga

BaKalanga

Bakalanga is a tribe found in the entire Northeast District and the eastern third of Central District in Botswana. They are also found in Southwest of Bulawayo and along the Botswana border. they speak Ikalanga, which has a couple of dialects. Lilima dialect is mainly in Botswana. The Talaunda dialect is extinct. Resistance to pressures to adopt Tswana language and culture is led by men. Speakers also use Tswana.

References

http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=kck


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