Kimbu language

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Kimbu
Kikimbu
Native to Tanzania
Ethnicity Kimbu
Native speakers
(78,000 cited 1987) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kiv
Glottolog kimb1242
F.24 [2]

Kimbu is a Bantu language of Tanzania. In 1992, use of Kimbu was declining but still in regular use in certain contexts. [3] As of 2018, most children of Kimbu speakers learn Swahili as a first language, and do not learn Kimbu well. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Kimbu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ↑ Brenzinger, Matthias (1992). Language death : factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 90–91. ISBN   9783110134049.
  4. ↑ Gabriel, Helena (2018). "A Case Study of Kimbu Intergenerational Transmission" (PDF). Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics. 1: 38–53. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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