Simaa language

Simaa
Simaa
Native to	Zambia
Native speakers	(160,000 cited 1986)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Kavango? Simaa; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Simaa; Mulonga; Mwenyi; Koma; Imilangu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sie
Guthrie code	K.35

Simaa is a Bantu language of Zambia. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu. Though not specifically addressed, Simaa may be in that family as well.

Maho (2009) lists K35 Simaa, K351 Mulonga, K352 Mwenyi, K353 Koma (Makoma), and K354 Imilangu, all covered by ISO code [sie], as distinct but closely related languages.

References

^ Simaa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[e16-1] Simaa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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