Mambwe-Lungu language
| Mambwe | |
|---|---|
| Lungu | |
| Native to | Tanzania, Zambia |
| Ethnicity | Mambwe, Lungu, Fipa |
Native speakers | 500,000 (2002 & 2010 censuses)[1] |
| Dialects |
Mambwe (Ichimambwe)
Cilungu/Lungu (Ichirungu, Adong)
Fipa-Mambwe (Kifipa cha kimambwe)
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mgr |
| Glottolog |
mamb1296[2] |
M.14–15[3] | |
The Mambwe and Lungu peoples living at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and Zambia speak a common language with minor dialectical differences. Perhaps half of the Fipa people to their north speak it as a native language. When spoken by the Fipa, it is called "Fipa-Mambwe"; this is also the term for the branch of Bantu languages which includes Fipa and Mambwe-Lungu.
References
- ↑ Mambwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mambwe-Lungu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online