Nkoya
NativenameShinkoya
StatesZambia
Date2010 census
Refe18
FamilycolorNiger-Congo
Fam 2Atlantic–Congo
Fam 3Benue–Congo
Fam 4Bantoid
Fam 5Bantu
Fam 6Luban
Fam 7Luba ?
Dia 1Nkoya proper
Dia 2Mbwera (Mbowela)
Dia 3Kolwe (Lukolwe)
Dia 4Shangi (Lushangi)
Dia 5Shasha (Mashasha)
Iso 3nka
Glottonkoy1244
GlottorefnameNkoya
GuthrieL.60 (L.601–603,61–62)

Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.

Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.[1]

References

  1. ^ Guthrie