Ndamba language

Ndamba
Native toTanzania
RegionMorogoro
Native speakers
(55,000 cited 1987)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndj
Glottologndam1239
G.52
Linguasphere99-AUS-ta

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

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 languages.

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