Mbukushu language
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Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Kavango East Region in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.
In 2022 it was selected among a variety of Mother Tongue languages to be taught in Botswana Primary Schools in the year 2023.
Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Kavango which have click consonants; Mbukushu has three: tenuis c, voiced gc, and nasalized nc, as well as prenasalized ngc, which vary between speakers as dental, palatal, and postalveolar.[2] It also has a nasal glottal approximant.
Common phrase used by Mbukushu; TUYEREKE-:or TU-YE-RE-KE-SHII-(verb)meaning; To improvise or trying in action or speech. This word is commonly used in mbukushu language.
Phonology
Consonants
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- Click sounds may also range to being alveolar Script error: No such module "IPA". or palatal Script error: No such module "IPA"..[4]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | |
| Mid | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | |
| Low | Template:IPAlink |
References
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