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Kokola

A language of Malawi

ISO 639-3: kzn

Population	200,000 in Malawi (2000). Population total all countries: 280,000.
Region	Southeast border, south of Mlanje and Cholo, north of Chiromo. Also in Mozambique.
Language map	Malawi
Alternate names	Kokhola
Dialects	May be a subvariety of Lolo, which is itself a subvariety of Lomwe [lon]. May be intelligible with Lomwe [lon]. Similar to Marendje [vmr] and Takwane [tke].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, P, Makua (P.30)
Language use	Most also use Nyanja [nya] (Chewa).

Also spoken in:

Mozambique

Language name	Kokola
Population	80,000 in Mozambique (2006).
Region	Western Zambezia Province.
Language map	Mozambique, reference number 5

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

SHRUM, Jeffery; SHRUM, Margaret, authors. 2001. Western Zambezia language survey in Mozambique: a sociolinguistic survey of the Manyawa, Takwane, Marenje, Kokola and Lolo peoples of Mozambique.

SHRUM, Jeffery; SHRUM, Margaret, authors. 2003. "Levantamento linguístico no sector ocidental da província da Zambézia em Moçambique: um levantamento sociolinguístico entre as etnias Manyawa, Takwane, Marenje, Kokola e Lolo de Moçambique (Outubro-Dezembro de 1997) com os intérpretes damião da M. Chotama, João Osumani Pequenino e Hermínio Ibraimo."

SHRUM, Jeffery; SHRUM, Margaret, authors; CHOTAMA, M.; IBRAIMO, Hermínio; PEQUENINO, João Osumani, translators. 1998. Levantamento linguístico na Zambézia Ocidental em Moçambique: um levantamento sociolinguístico das populações Manyawa, Takwane, Marenje, Kokola e Lolo em Moçambique, Outubro-Dezembro 1997.