Mashi | |
States: | Zambia and Angola |
Speakers: | 22,000 |
Date: | 2000–2010 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu |
Fam6: | Kavango–Southwest? |
Fam7: | Kavango? |
Lc1: | mho |
Ld1: | Mashi |
Lc2: | xdo |
Ld2: | Kwandu |
Glotto: | mash1267 |
Glottorefname: | Mashi (Zambia) |
Dia1: | Mashi |
Dia2: | North Kwandu |
Dia3: | South Kwandu |
Guthrie: | K.34 |
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.[1] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.