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Kiwilwana

A language of Kenya

ISO 639-3: mlk

Population	8,000 (1994 I. Larsen), increasing.
Region	Coast Province, Tana River District, Tana River north of Pokomo, between Bura and Garissa.
Language map	Kenya, reference number 23
Alternate names	Ilwana, “Malakote”
Dialects	Not intelligible with Kipfokomo Pokomo [pkb] or Lower Pokomo [poj]. Lexical similarity: 57% with Lower Pokomo, 55% with Kipfokomo Pokomo.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, E, Nyika (E.40), Malakote
Language use	Vigorous. GIDS 6. Home, community. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Kiswahili [swh] or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Orthography is under development.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Cushitic influence. Agriculturalists; fishermen. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Bˀilhazia. 2007.

Giya ubichi roghoti...: UKIMWI. 2007.

Kiwiilwana kifai. 2007.

Mwariamu na mwanamisi: maazî masafi. 2007.