Kalanga
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- Language: Kalanga
- Alternate names: Ikalanga, Chikalanga, Tjikalanga, Kanana, Sekalaña, Kalana, Western Shona, Bakaa, Makalaka, Wakalanga
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:kck
- Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Shona (S.10)
- Number of speakers: 850,000
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Kalanga is a language of the Bantu language family spoken southwest of Bulawayo and along the Botswana border. Most Kalanga are in Zimbabwe, but it's also spoken in Botswana.
Rapidly being absorbed by Ndebele, though most rural members speak Kalanga. Most speak Shona and Ndebele as second language, because they are required in school and are languages of wider communication.
The verb
NON CAUSATIVE
| Mwana | wa- | lal- | a |
| child | AGR | sleep | TV |
(The child slept).
CAUSATIVE
| Mme | ba- | ka | lal- | is- | a | mwana |
| mother | AGR | PST | sleep | CAUS | TV | child |
(Mother made the child sleep).
More information
- Split Intransitivity in Kalanga(approve sites)
- Kalanga verb list
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