Ilwana language

Ilwana
	Malakote
	Kiwilwana
Native to	Kenya
Region	Tana River District
Native speakers	17,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Ilwana; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mlk
Glottolog	ilwa1237
Guthrie code	E.701[2]
ELP	Kiwilwana[3]

Ilwana (Kiwilwana), or Malakote, is a minor Bantu language of Kenya. Arends et al. state that it is a mixed language from c. 1650 of Bantu Ilwana and Cushitic Oromo.[4]

Distinguish the Ilwana dialect of Konongo.

References

Ilwana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Endangered Languages Project data for Kiwilwana.
Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith (eds.). 1995. Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (Creole Language Library 15). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

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[e18-1] Ilwana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Kiwilwana.

[4] Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith (eds.). 1995. Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (Creole Language Library 15). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.