Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
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Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
and
Angola
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. It was assigned by
Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the
Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.
[Nurse & Phillipson 2003] Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well.
References
{{Narrow Bantu languages, J-M
Kavango languages