Mbowe language

Mbowe
Mbowe
Esimbowe
Native to	Zambia
Region	Okavango River
Native speakers	460 (2010 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Kavango?; (or maybe Luyana) Mbowe; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mxo
Glottolog	mbow1246
Guthrie code	K.32
ELP	Mbowe

Mbowe (Esimbowe^[1]) is a Bantu language of Zambia.

Maho (2009) lists K.321 Mbume and K.322 Liyuwa as distinct but closely related languages.^[2] Mbowe had once been classified as a dialect of the divergent Luyana language.

^ ^a ^b Mbowe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[e18-1] Mbowe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[1]

[2]

Mbowe
Esimbowe
Native to	Zambia
Region	Okavango River
Native speakers	460 (2010 census)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Kavango? (or maybe Luyana) Mbowe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mxo`
Glottolog	`mbow1246`
Guthrie code	`K.32`^[2]
ELP	Mbowe