Mashi language

Mashi
Mashi
Native to	Zambia and Angola
Native speakers	22,000 (2000–2010)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Kavango? Mashi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Mashi; North Kwandu; South Kwandu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mho – Mashi; xdo – Kwandu
Glottolog	mash1267
Guthrie code	K.34

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. Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.

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