Shanjo language
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Native to | Zambia |
Native speakers | 4,400 total of perhaps Shanjo, Mala,[clarification needed] and Kafue Twa (2010 census)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | included in Tonga (Zambia) [toi] |
Glottolog | shan1291 |
K.36 [2] |
Shanjo (Sanjo) is a Bantu language of Zambia. Maho (2009) lists it as distinct from Tonga, which it has sometimes been classified as a dialect of.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Tonga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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