Lwalu language
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| Lwalu | |
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| Lwalwa | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Kasai-Occidental province |
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Native speakers
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unknown (21,000 cited 1971)[1] |
| Dialects |
Mbagani
Lwalwa
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lwa |
| Glottolog | lwal1238[2] |
L.221[3] |
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Lwalu, also known as Lwalwa, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its classification is uncertain: Nurse (2003), following Ahmed (1995), assigns all of Guthrie's L.20 languages to Luban, including Lwalu.
Maho (2009) lists L.22 Mbagani (which has no ISO code) as closely related. Mbagani is also called Binji, and has been confused in the literature with the Binji language. Ethnologue labels the area Maho assigns to Mbagani as Songe.
References
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- ↑ Lwalu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
