Iramba language
| Iramba | |
|---|---|
| Nilamba | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Nilamba, Iambi |
Native speakers | 460,000 (2006)[1] |
|
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nim |
| Glottolog |
nila1242[2] |
F.31[3] | |
Iramba, also known as Nilamba (there is no distinction between /r/ and /l/) is a Bantu language of spoken by the Nilamba and Iambi people of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania.
Forms of the name occur with and without the prefix ni- or i-, as well as iki- (Swahili ki-) as the noun-class prefix for 'language', and variation of r ~ l ~ ly in the root. This results in a large number of superficial variants, including Nilamba, Niramba, Nilyamba, Nyilamba, Ikinilamba, Ikiniramba, Ilamba, Iramba, Kinilamba, Kiniramba; there is also Nilambari.
The 50,000 Iambi speak a slightly divergent dialect, sometimes listed as a distinct language. On the other hand, the Isanzu language is sometimes included as a dialect.[3]
References
- ↑ Iramba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nilamba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online