Totela | |
Nativename: | Echitotela |
Region: | Namibia, Zambia |
Speakers: | 1,220 |
Date: | 2010 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu |
Fam6: | Botatwe |
Fam7: | Subia? |
Iso3: | ttl |
Glotto: | tote1238 |
Glottorefname: | Totela |
Guthrie: | K.41,411 |
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.
Silozi is used as the formal language in official, educational, and media contexts.