Kwangali language

Kwangali language

Kwangali, also known as RuKwangali and SiKwangali, is a Bantu language spoken by 85,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Angola. It is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants.

References

* Dammann, Ernst (1957). "Studien zum Kwangali: Grammatik, Texte, Glossar." Hamburg: Cram, de Gruyter

External links

* [http://www.seghea.com/pat/bible/moRukwangali.html Biblical passages in Kwangali]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kwn Ethnologue report on Kwangali]


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