Not to be confused with Kalagan language, Zezuru language, or Shona dialect.
Kalanga
TjiKalanga/Ikalanga
Native to
Zimbabwe, Botswana
Region
SouthWest parts of Zimbabwe
Central, North Central and NorthEast Botswana
Ethnicity
Kalanga people
Native speakers
700,000 in Zimbabwe, 850,000 in Botswana (2012-2015)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern
Bantu
Shona group (S.10)
Kalanga
Official status
Official language in
Zimbabwe (both Kalanga and Nambya)
Botswana-recognized language nationally.
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: kck – Kalanga nmq – Nambya
Glottolog
kala1405
Guthrie code
S.16[2]
Linguasphere
99-AUT-ai
Kalanga[pronunciation?], or TjiKalanga (in Zimbabwe), is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people in Botswana and Zimbabwe. It has an extensive phoneme inventory, which includes palatalised, velarised, aspirated and breathy-voiced consonants,[3] as well as whistled sibilants.
Kalanga is recognised as an official language by the Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013 and is taught in schools in areas where its speakers predominate. The iKalanga language is closely related to the Nambya, TshiVenda, and KheLobedu languages of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
^"Kalanga". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^Mathangwane, Joyce T. (1999). Ikalanga phonetics and phonology: a synchronic and diachronic study. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
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Zimbabwe (both Kalanga and Nambya)
Botswana-recognized language nationally.