Mbukushu language
Bantu language spoken in southern Africa
Mbukushu | |
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Thimbukushu | |
Native to | Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia |
Region | Kavango East |
Native speakers | 95,000 (2020) |
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ISO 639-3 | mhw |
Glottolog | mbuk1240 |
K.333 |
Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Kavango East Region in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.
In 2022 it was selected among a variety of Mother Tongue languages to be taught in Botswana Primary Schools in the year 2023.
Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Kavango 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. It also has a nasal glottal approximant.
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