Kunda language
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Kunda | |
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Cikunda | |
Native to | Zimbabwe, Zambia, into Mozambique |
Ethnicity | Akunda |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kdn |
Glottolog | kund1255 |
N.42 [2] | |
ELP | Kunda |
Pidgin Chikunda | |
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Native to | Mozambique |
Region | Zambezi River |
Extinct | (date missing)[2] |
Kunda-based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
N.40A [2] |
Kunda (Chikunda) is a Bantu language of Zimbabwe, with a some thousands of speakers in Zambia and Mozambique.
There is an extinct pidgin Chikunda once used for trade.[2]
References
- ^ Kunda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Further reading
- Zemba, Mercy (2015). "A grammatical sketch of Kunda Language". University of Zambia MA dissertation. (Description.)
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