Nkoya language should not be confused with Mbwela language (Angola).
| Nkoya | |
| Nativename: | Shinkoya |
| States: | Zambia |
| Date: | 2010 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Bantu |
| Fam6: | Luban |
| Fam7: | Luba ? |
| Dia1: | Nkoya proper |
| Dia2: | Mbwera (Mbowela) |
| Dia3: | Kolwe (Lukolwe) |
| Dia4: | Shangi (Lushangi) |
| Dia5: | Shasha (Mashasha) |
| Iso3: | nka |
| Glotto: | nkoy1244 |
| Glottorefname: | Nkoya |
| Guthrie: | L.60 (L.601–603,61–62) |
Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban.
Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster.