KZN ISO 639-3
Kokola
iKokola Autonym
A language of Malawi
- ISO 639
- kzn
- Alternate Names
- Ekokhola, Kokhola
- Autonym
- iKokola
- 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.
- 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].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Zambezia province: west.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing) View other languages of Mozambique
Language Name
Kokola
User Population
163,000 in Mozambique (2017).
Map
Location: Mulanje district; Thyolo district: Sandama area.
Size and Vitality
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