Kuhane language
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| Kuhane | |
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| Chikuhane / Chisubia | |
| Native to | Namibia 34,000
Botswana 7,900 Zambia 2,900 |
| Ethnicity | Baikuhane / Basubia |
Native speakers | 45,000Template:Ethnologue25 does not exist |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sbs |
| Glottolog | subi1246 |
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| Person | Muikuhane |
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| People | Baikuhane |
| Language | Chikuhane |
The Kuhane language is a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa. Also known as Ikuhane, Subia or Subiya, it is spoken by the Ikuhane people in Namibia, Botswana and Zambia.
History
The language is called Chikuhane by native speakers, and gets its name from the second known Subia King, Ikuhane, who reigned from 1575 – 1600. Under his leadership, the people migrated southwards and settled along the Cuando River which is also named the Ikuhane River in his honour. A single Ikuhane person is referred to as Muikuhane while many Ikuhane people are referred to as Baikuhane. The prefix Mu- is singular and the prefix Ba- is plural.
However, Baikuhane are popularly known today as the Subia people. The exonym Subia came from neighbouring people and it is derived from the word ‘subila’ which means light in reference to their light skin complexion. A single Subia person is referred to as Musubia while many Subia people are referred to as Basubia or Masubia. The language is called Chisubia.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | pal. | ||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | mʲ | (ɱ) | n | nʷ | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | pʷ | t | tʷ | t͡ʃ | k | kʷ | ||||||||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | dʷ | d͡ʒ | d͡ʒʷ | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | fʷ | s | sʷ | ʃ | h | hʷ | hʲ | |||||||
| voiced | β | βʷ | βʲ | v | vʷ | z | zʷ | |||||||||
| Approximant | (lʷ) | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɭ̆ | ɭ̆ʷ | ɭ̆ʲ | |||||||||||||
- Prenasal stop and fricative sounds are also present, when stop and fricative sounds are preceded by nasal consonants.
- /t, tʷ/ may also be heard as dental [t̪, t̪ʷ] in free variation.
- /m/ is heard as [ɱ] when preceding a labiodental fricative /f, v/ within nasal compounds.
- /ɭ̆ʷ/ may also be heard as alveolar [lʷ] in free variation.[2]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
Subia text
Chisubia: Kakuli Ileza ava saki ahulu inkanda, mane avahi Mwanakwe yenke, ili kuti yense yo zumina Kwakwe keta afwe kono kave nivuhalo vusamani. Johani 3:16[3]
English: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
References
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- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baumbach, Erdmann J. M. (1997). Languages of the Eastern Caprivi. In Haacke, W. H. G. and Elderkin, Edward Derek (eds.), Namibian Languages: Reports and Papers: Köln: Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe. pp. 313–321.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kuhane Bible". breakeveryyoke.com. eBible.org. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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