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    Mashi language

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    Not to be confused with Shi language or Naki language.
    Mashi
    Native toZambia and Angola
    Native speakers
    		22,000 (2000–2010)[1]
    Language family
    Niger–Congo?
    • Atlantic–Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Southern Bantoid
          • Bantu
            • Kavango–Southwest?
              • Kavango?
                • Mashi
    Dialects
    • Mashi
    • North Kwandu
    • South Kwandu
    Language codes
    ISO 639-3Either:
    mho – Mashi
    xdo – Kwandu
    Glottologmash1267
    Guthrie code
    		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

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    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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