| Mbukushu | |
| Nativename: | Thimbukushu |
| States: | Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zambia |
| Region: | Kavango East |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Bantu (Zone K) |
| Iso3: | mhw |
| Glotto: | mbuk1240 |
| Glottorefname: | Mbukushu |
| Guthrie: | K.333 |
Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Kavango East Region in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia.
In 2022 it was selected among a variety of Mother Tongue languages to be taught in Botswana Primary Schools in the year 2023.
Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Kavango which have click consonants; Mbukushu has three: tenuis c, voiced gc, and nasalized nc, as well as prenasalized ngc, which vary between speakers as dental, palatal, and postalveolar.[1] It also has a nasal glottal approximant.