Yombe dialect (Zambia)

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Yombe
Chiyombe
Native to Zambia
Region Muchinga Province
Ethnicity Yombe people
Native speakers
(6,900 cited 1999 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog yomb1245

Chiyombe or Yombe is a Chitumbuka language spoken by the Yombe people of Zambia, an ethnoreligious group who is part of the Tumbuka family [1] [2] [3] [4] of the Bantu people, within the Sub-Saharan African affinity branch. They speak Tumbuka as their primary language, [5] with a number of speakers in Zambia of over 11,700.[ citation needed ] Their dialect slightly differs from the Senga dialect of Tumbuka which is also spoken in the country. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Yombe, kiyombe, kiombi, bayombe" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-27.
  2. ↑ "Glottolog 5.1 - Yombe (Tumbuka)". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  3. 1 2 "PeopleGroups.org - Yombe". 2024-12-02. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  4. ↑ Sande, Nyongesa (2024-05-10). "The Yombe people". Nyongesa Sande. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  5. ↑ Project, Joshua. "Tumbuka, Yombe in Zambia". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
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