Kirombo language
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Kirombo Rombo |
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Spoken in: | Tanzania | |
Region: | Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area | |
Total speakers: | 1,5 million | |
Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Narrow Bantu Central Kirombo |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | bnt | |
ISO 639-3: | rof | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. |
Kirombo (also Rombo) is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken by approximately 300,000 people (1992 UBS). It is spoken in the Chaga area of the Kilimanjaro region. Kirombo is closely related to the other Chaga languages Vunjo, Moshi, and Machame languages, with which it is said to form a dialect continuum.