Kunda language

Summary

Kunda (Chikunda) is a Bantu language of Zimbabwe, with a some thousands of speakers in Zambia and Mozambique.

Kunda
Cikunda
Native toZimbabwe, Zambia, into Mozambique
EthnicityAkunda
Native speakers
160,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdn
Glottologkund1255
N.42[2]
ELPKunda
Pidgin Chikunda
Native toMozambique
RegionZambezi River
Extinct(date missing)[2]
Kunda-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
N.40A[2]

There is an extinct pidgin Chikunda once used for trade.[2]

References edit

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

Further reading edit

  • Zemba, Mercy (2015). "A grammatical sketch of Kunda Language". University of Zambia MA dissertation. (Description.)