Subiya also known as Ikuhane or Kuhane or Subia or Chikuhane is a language spoken in Zambezi region in Namibia, the Chobe district in Botswana and in southern Zambia by the Baikuhane|Basubia|Masubia people.
Subiya language has approximately 80,000 native speakers.
A person who speaks Subiya is known as Muikuhane|musubia.
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