Chokwe
Language Information
Chokwe, one of the Bantu languages, spoken in the upper Kasai valley and along the left bank tributariesof this river.
Chokwe speech has spread to its present territory in the last two hundred years.
Chokwe is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Niger-Congo
- Subgroup
- Benue-Congo
- Branch
- Bantu
Chokwe Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Chokwe
Mwese yoze masemuka katela ukulungunga ulengunga ulemu nyi vumbi eswe ci mwikha. Eswe kalingile kupwa nyi usambe nyi mangana nyi kuhasa kulimika nyumwe nyi mukwo nyi kulita nyi mbunge ya ulemu wa utu.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights