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Bantu language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shi, or Nyabungu, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Shi | |
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Kishi/Mashi | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Region | Sud-Kivu Province |
Native speakers | (660,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:shr – Shinyg – Nyindu |
Glottolog | shii1238 Shinyin1248 Nyindu |
JD.53,501 [2] |
The Nyindu variety is heavily influenced by Lega, and speakers consider it a dialect of Lega rather than Shi, as Shi speakers see it. Maho (2009) leaves it unclassified as JD.501.[2]
The people who speak Mashi are known as Bashi. They are the largest tribe in South Kivu, whose capital city is Bukavu.
The Bashi occupy a vast region known as Bushi. Like Ngweshe, Kabare, Katana, Luhuinja, Burhinyi, Kaziba, Nyengezi, and Idjui where live the Bahavu who are also part of this group; Idjui is a large island in Kivu lake between DRC and Rwanda.
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