Totela language

Totela
Echitotela
Region	Namibia, Zambia
Native speakers	1,220 (2010 census)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Botatwe Subia? Totela
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ttl
Glottolog	tote1238
Guthrie code	K.41,411[2]

Totela is a poorly described Bantu language of Namibia and Zambia. It is spoken by the Totela people, a Bantu ethnic group of the Lozi. Its classification is assumed rather than demonstrated.^[2]

Silozi is used as the formal language in official, educational, and media contexts.

References

1. Totela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

External links

• Completion and Dissociation in Totela Tense and Aspect (PDF)