Kikamba language

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Kamba
Kikamba
Spoken in: Kenya, Tanzania 
Region: Machakos, Kitui
Total speakers: 2,448,300 (1989 census)[1]
Language family: Niger-Congo languages
 Atlantic-Congo languages
  Volta-Congo languages
   Benue-Congo languages
    Bantoid languages
     Southern Bantoid
      Narrow Bantu
       Central
        E
         Kikuyu-Kamba (E.20)
          Kamba
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: kam
ISO 639-3: kam

Kikamba is a Bantu language spoken by the Akamba people of Kenya. It is also believed to be spoken by some Bantu people in Tanzania (Thaisu).

The Kikamba language has lexical similarities to other Bantu languages such as Kikuyu, Meru, Embu, etc.

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