The ASJP Database - Wordlist Mpondo

Wordlist Mpondo

Compiled by Ann-Katrin Wett

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: xhos1239
ISO 639-3: xho

Coordinates WGS84

32°S, 27°E
-32.00, 27.00

number of speakers	8,169,300
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantoid
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Southernbantu Makua > Nguni Tsonga > Nguni(s.40) > Southernndebele Lowland > Zulu Xhosa
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > S > Nguni(s.41)

Sources

Ownby 2007: Early Nguni history. Ann Arbor: UMI.