Nkoya language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Zambia}} {{distinguish|Mbwela language (Angola)}} {{Infobox language |name=Nkoya |nativename=''Shinkoya'' |states=[[Zambia]] |region= |speakers={{sigfig|36,200|2}} |date=2010 census |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam6=[[Luban languages|Luban]] |fam7=Luba ? |dia1=Nkoya proper |dia2=Mbwera (Mbowela) |dia3=Kolwe (Lukolwe) |dia4=Shangi (Lushangi) |dia5=Shasha (Mashasha) |iso3=nka |glotto=nkoy1244 |glottorefname=Nkoya |guthrie=L.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]].<ref name="Guthrie"/>

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==External links== * [http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\bco\bnl&limit=-1 Nkoya basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]

{{Languages of Zambia}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Luban languages]] [[Category:Languages of Zambia]]