Kuhane language
| Kuhane | |
|---|---|
| Subiya | |
| Region | Okavango River |
Native speakers | 31,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
sbs |
| Glottolog |
subi1246[2] |
K.42 (K.401)[3] | |
Kuhane, or Subiya, also known as Kwahane, Chikuahane, Chikwahane, Ciikuhane, or Mbalang'we, is a Bantu language spoken by 35,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana. In Tswana it is known as Subiya (Supia, Sesubea, Echisubia). It is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants.
References
- ↑ Kuhane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Subiya". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
| Official language | |
|---|---|
| Recognized regional | |
| Other Bantu languages | |
| Khoisan | |
| Sign languages | |
| Official language | |
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| Indigenous languages | |
| Sign languages | |
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