Mashi language

Not to be confused with Shi language or Naki language.

Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.^[3] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.

Mashi
Native to	Zambia and Angola
Native speakers	(22,000 cited 2000–2010)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Kavango? Mashi
Dialects	Mashi North Kwandu South Kwandu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: mho – Mashi xdo – Kwandu
Glottolog	mash1267
Guthrie code	K.34[2]