Lucazi language
| Luchazi | |
|---|---|
| Ngangela | |
| Chiluchazi | |
| Native to | Angola, Zambia |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 900,000[1])[2] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in |
Angola (as "Nganguela" or "Ganguela") |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
lch – inclusive codeIndividual codes: lch – Luchazi nba – Nyemba (Ngangela) mfu – Mbwela |
| Glottolog |
luch1239 (Luchazi)[3]nyem1238 (Nyemba)[4]mbwe1238 (Mbwela)[5] |
K.13, K.12b, K.17[6] | |
Luchazi (Lucazi, Chiluchazi) is a Bantu language of Angola and Zambia. Ethnically distinct varieties, many of which are subsumed under the generic term Ngangela, are all "fully intelligible".[7] These are Luchazi itself, Nyemba, Mbwela of Angola (Ambuella, Shimbwera, not to be confused with Mbwela of Zambia) and Ngonzela.
Sounds
Luchazi proper has five vowels (/a ɛ i ɔ u/), three tone levels, and the following consonants:[8]
- p t tʃ k
- f s ʃ h
- β z l j w
- m n ɲ ŋ
There are also prenasalized stops, /mpʰ ntʰ ŋkʰ/, /mb nd ɲdʒ ŋɡ/.
There are possibly other consonants, such as /ts/(?) and /tʲ/(?). /ʃ/ and /ŋ/ are rare and may be from loans.
References
- ↑ The population of Luchazi proper in Angola was changed from 155,000 (cited 2001) to 400,000, with no date or reference, in the 17th edition of Ethnologue.
- ↑ Luchazi at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Luchazi at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Nyemba (Ngangela) at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Mbwela at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Luchazi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nyemba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mbwela". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Nyemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Gerhard Kubik, 2006, Tusona: Luchazi Ideographs : a Graphic Tradition of West-Central Africa, pp. 300, 303
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