Ilwana language

Ilwana
	Malakote
	Kiwilwana
Native to	Kenya
Region	Tana River District
Native speakers	17,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Ilwana; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mlk
Glottolog	ilwa1237[2]
Guthrie code	E.701[3]

Ilwana (Kiwilwana), or Malakote, is a minor Bantu language of Kenya. Arends et al. state that it is a mixed language from c. 1650 of Bantu Ilwana and Cushitic Oromo.[4]

Distinguish the Ilwana dialect of Konongo.

References

Ilwana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ilwana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith (eds.). 1995. Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (Creole Language Library 15). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

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[e18-1] Ilwana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ilwana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Guthrie-3] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[4] Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken & Norval Smith (eds.). 1995. Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (Creole Language Library 15). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.