Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.
Mbukushu | |
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Thimbukushu | |
Native to | Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia |
Region | Okavango River |
Native speakers | 49,710 (2018)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mhw |
Glottolog | mbuk1240 |
Guthrie code | K.333
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Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango 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.[4] It also has a nasal glottal approximant.
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