Nkoya is a
Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the
Luba languages, and is at least Luban.
Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya
language cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
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References
External links
Nkoya basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Luban languages
Languages of Zambia
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