Kokola

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A language of Malawi

ISO 639-3
kzn
Alternate Names
Ekokhola, Kokhola
Autonym
iKokola
User Population

319,000 in Malawi (2020 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. Total users in all countries: 482,000.

Location

Mulanje district; Thyolo district: Sandama area.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Makhuwa (P.31)
Dialects

None known. May be a subvariety of Lolo, which is itself a subvariety of Lomwe [lon]. May be intelligible of Lomwe. Reportedly similar to Marendje [vmr] and Takwane [tke].

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Also use Chichewa [nya].

Language Development

NT: 2018.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kokola
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

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