Mbowe language

Mbowe
Mbowe
Esimbowe
Native to	Zambia
Region	Okavango River
Native speakers	460 (2010 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Kavango?; (or maybe Luyana) Mbowe; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mxo
Glottolog	mbow1246
Guthrie code	K.32
ELP	Mbowe

Mbowe (Esimbowe) is a Bantu language of Zambia.

Maho (2009) lists K.321 Mbume and K.322 Liyuwa as distinct but closely related languages. Mbowe had once been classified as a dialect of the divergent Luyana language.

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