Shi

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
shr
Alternate Names
Mashi
Population

654,000 (1991 UBS).

Location

Sud-Kivu Province, north, west, and south of Bukavu.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Shi-Havu (D.53)
Dialects

Hwindja (Lwindja), Lindja, Longe-Longe, Ziba. Lexical similarity: 70% with Havu [hav] and Tembo [tbt], 57% with Hunde [hke], 55% with Nande [nnb], 44% with Lega-Shabunda [lea], 42% with Nyanga [nyj].

Language Development
Bible: 1997.
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Different from Mashi [mho] of Zambia.