Totela language

Bantu language spoken in Zambia
Totela
Echitotela
RegionZambia
Native speakers
1,220 (2010 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Botatwe
            • Subia?
              • Totela
Language codes
ISO 639-3ttl
Glottologtote1238
K.41,411[2]

Totela is a poorly described Bantu language of Zambia. Its classification is assumed rather than demonstrated.

Maho (2009) classifies the nearby Totela of Namibia as a distinct but closely related language.[2]

References

  1. ^ Totela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

External links

  • Completion and Dissociation in Totela Tense and Aspect (PDF)
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Zone J*
[J]D40
  • [J]D41 Konzo
  • [J]D42 Ndandi
  • [J]D43 Nyanga
[J]D50
  • [J]D51 Hunde
  • [J]D52 Haavu
  • [J]D53 Nyabungu
  • [J]D54 Bembe
  • [J]D55 Buyi
  • [J]D56 Kabwari
  • [JD501 Nyindu
  • [J]JD502 Yaka
  • [J]JD531 Tembo
[J]D60
[J]E10
[J]E20
[J]E30
[J]E40
[J]F20
Zone K
K10
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K40
  • K41 Totela
  • K42 Subiya
  • [K402 Fwe
  • K411 Totela of Namibia
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L50
L60
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M10
M20
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