Mashi language

Mashi
Mashi
Native to	Zambia and Angola
Native speakers	22,000 (2000–2010)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Kavango? Mashi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Mashi; North Kwandu; South Kwandu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mho – Mashi; xdo – Kwandu
Glottolog	mash1267
Guthrie code	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.^[3] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.

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