Ndamba language

Last updated
Ndamba
Native to Tanzania
RegionMorogoro
Native speakers
(55,000 cited 1987) [1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ndj
Glottolog ndam1239
G.52 [2]
Linguasphere 99-AUS-ta

Ndamba or "Chindamba" is classified as a Bantu language. [3] It is one of 87 languages spoken in Tanzania [4] Most Chindamba speakers are bilingual in Swahili and Chindamba. [5]

The other two languages most similar to Ndamba are Mbunga and Pogolo, because all of them belong to the same language group, which are the Kilombero languagues. [6]

References

  1. Ndamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Nurse, Derek (2008). Tense and Aspect in Bantu. United States: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199239290.
  4. Legere, Karsten (2002). "The "Languages of Tanzania" project: background, resources, and perspectives" (PDF). Africa & Asia. 2: 163–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  5. Edelsten, Peter; Lijongwa Kipandula, Chiku (2010). A Grammatical Sketch of Chindamba - A Bantu Language (G52) of Tanzania. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. p. 11. ISBN   978-3-89645-706-6.
  6. Kilombero languages