Nyika language

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Nyika
Kinyika, Kinyiha
Native to Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
Native speakers
35,000 (2007) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
nkt  – (Tanzania)
nkv  – (Malawi, Zambia)
Glottolog nyik1247  Tanzania [2]
nyik1246  Malawi & Zambia [3]

Nyika (Nyiha) is a Bantu language of Tanzania and Zambia.

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References

  1. ↑ (Tanzania) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    (Malawi, Zambia) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nyika (Tanzania)". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nyika (Malawi and Zambia)". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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