Chisukwa

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Chisukwa Chisukwa
Spoken in:	Malawi
Region:	Misuku Hills
Total speakers:	~1000
Language family:	Niger-Congo  Atlantic-Congo   Volta-Congo    Benue-Congo     Bantoid      Southern Bantoid       Narrow Bantu        Chisukwa
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	–
ISO 639-3:	–
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Chisukwa is a Bantu language spoken in northern Malawi, in the Misuku Hills region. The language is critically endangered, with less than 1000 native speakers extant.

[edit] References

• Kershner, Tiffany (2001) - "Imperfectivity in Chisukwa," pp. 37-52. Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamso to Sesotho, eds. Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, Bloomington: Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics

[edit] External links

• Faculty page for Dr. Kershner, an expert on the linguistic structure of Chisukwa.