Ndali language

Ndali language
Ndali
Chindali
Spoken in Tanzania, Malawi
Ethnicity Ndali
Native speakers 220,000  (1987)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Rukwa
            • Rungwe
              • Ndali
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ndh

Ndali, or Chindali, is a Bantu language spoken by an increasing population in southern Tanzania of 150,000 (1987) and in northern Malawi by 70,000 (2003).

Dialects

Sukwa, or Chisukwa, is spoken in the Misuku Hills of Malawi by fewer than 1000 people.

References

  • Kershner, Tiffany (2001) - "Imperfectivity in Chisukwa," pp. 37–52. Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamso to Sesotho, eds. Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, Bloomington: Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics

External links

  • Faculty page for Dr. Kershner, an expert on the linguistic structure of Chisukwa.



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