Kunda language
(Redirected from Chikunda language)
| Kunda | |
|---|---|
| Cikunda | |
| Native to | Zimbabwe, Zambia, into Mozambique |
| Ethnicity | Akunda |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kdn |
| Glottolog | kund1255 |
N.42[2] | |
| ELP | Kunda |
| Pidgin Chikunda | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mozambique |
| Region | Zambezi River |
| Extinct | (date missing)[2] |
Kunda-based pidgin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
N.40A[2] | |
Kunda (Chikunda) is a Bantu language of Zimbabwe, with a some thousands of speakers in Zambia and Mozambique.
There is an extinct pidgin Chikunda once used for trade.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kunda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.)