Mbukushu language

Mbukushu
Mbukushu
Thimbukushu
Native to	Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia
Region	Kavango East
Native speakers	95,000 (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Mbukushu; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mhw
Glottolog	mbuk1240
Guthrie code	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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