Holoholo language
Holoholo is a Bantu language of DR Congo and formerly in Tanzania spoken by the Holoholo people on either side of Lake Tanganyika. Classification is uncertain, but it may belong with the Takama group (Nurse 2003:169).
| Holoholo | |
|---|---|
| Kalanga | |
| Native to | DR Congo |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hoo |
| Glottolog | holo1240[2] |
D.28[3] | |
Maho (2009) classifies D281 Tumbwe (Etumbwe) and D282 Lumbwe as closest to Holoholo. Neither has an ISO code.[3]
References
- Holoholo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Holoholo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.
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