Kalanga > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Kalanga
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ikalanga; Chikalanga; Tjikalanga; Kanana; Sekalaña; Kalana; Western Shona; Bakaa; Makalaka; Wakalanga; Kalaka; Sekalaka
Spoken in:
Botswana, Zimbabwe
Number of speakers:
700,000 in Zimbabwe (Chebanne and Nthapelelang 2000). Population total all countries: 850,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
kck
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Shona (S.10) (sona)
Child Dialects:
Peri (kck-per)
Ikalanga (kck-ika)
Talahundra; Talaunda (kck-tal)
Lilima; Humbe; Limima (kck-lil)
Nyai; Abanyai; Banyai; Wanyai; Nyayi (kck-nya)
Map of Kalanga
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