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Kaonde, 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 northwestern part of Zambia. Fewer numbers of Kaonde speakers live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Strictly speaking, the term Kaonde refers to a tribal group. This tribal group was originally part of the Luba Kingdom. They migrated south to area surrounding the a stream called Kaonde in river Congo basin. From there, the tribe migrated into what is now northwestern Zambia. People of the Kaonde tribe call their language Kikaonde. Other Bantu languages use prefixes other than ki, such as chi, or ichi, when denoting a language spoken by a group. Thus non-Kaondes sometimes call the language Chikaonde.
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