Shambala language

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Shambala
kishambaa
Spoken in: Tanzania
Total speakers: 664,000
Language family: Niger-Congo
 Atlantic-Congo
  Volta-Congo
   Benue-Congo
    Bantoid
     Southern
      Narrow Bantu
       Central
        G 23
         Shambala
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: none
ISO 639-3: ksb

Shambala is a Bantu language of Tanzania.

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Shambala, also Kishambala, (ki)Sambaa, (ki)Shambaa is spoken by the Shambaa in the Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of northern Tanzania. Some dialectal variation exists between the language as spoken in the area around Lushoto and the areas around Mlalo and Mtae, possibly also between the Shambaa of the Western Usambara Mountains and the Eastern Usambara Mountains.

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