Kokola

A language of Malawi

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kokhola

Population

200,000 in Malawi (2000). Population total all countries: 280,000.

Location

Southeast border, south of Mlanje and Cholo, north of Chiromo. Also in Mozambique.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

May be a subvariety of Lolo, which is itself a subvariety of Lomwe [lon]. May be intelligible of Lomwe. Similar to Marendje [vmr] and Takwane [tke].

Typology

SVO

Language Use

Most also use Chichewa [nya].

Language Resources

Mozambique

Language nameKokola

Population

80,000 in Mozambique (2006).

Location

Western Zambezia Province, all the way to the Lolo [llb] language area.

Status

6a (Vigorous).