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Categories: Bantu languages | Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Languages of Zambia
Kaonde language
Kaonde, also known as Chikaonde and Kawonde, is a Bantu language (of the larger Niger-Congo family) that is spoken primarily in Zambia but also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kaonde and its dialects are spoken and understood by perhaps 350,000 people or more. It is estimated that approximately 3% of Zambians are native Kaonde speakers. Kaonde speakers overwhelmingly live in the northern part of Zambia.
Fewer numbers of Kaonde speakers live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
External links
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Chikaonde is available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/kqn.htm