Chokwe language
Bantu language spoken by the Chokwe people / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chokwe (also known as Batshokwe, Ciokwe, Kioko, Kiokwe, Quioca, Quioco, Shioko, Tschiokloe or Tshokwe[3]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Chokwe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia. It is recognised as a national language of Angola, where half a million people were estimated to have spoken it in 1991; another half a million speakers lived in the Congo in 1990, and some 20,000 in Zambia in 2010.[1] It is used as a lingua franca in eastern Angola.
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Chokwe | |
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Ucôkwe (Wuchokwe) | |
Native to | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia |
Ethnicity | Chokwe people |
Native speakers | (2.5 million cited 1990–2018)[1] |
Official status | |
Official language in | Angola (national language) |
Regulated by | Instituto de Línguas Nacionais |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cjk |
Glottolog | chok1245 |
K.11 [2] |
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Quick Facts Person, People ...
Chokwe | |
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Person | Kacôkwe |
People | Tucôkwe |
Language | Ucôkwe (Wuchokwe) |
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