Mashi
Native toZambia and Angola
Native speakers
22,000 (2000–2010)[1]
Dialects
  • Mashi
  • North Kwandu
  • South Kwandu
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mho  Mashi
xdo  Kwandu
Glottologmash1267
K.34[2]

Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.[3] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.


References

  1. Mashi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kwandu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Nurse & Phillipson 2003
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