Kamba language

Kamba language
Kamba
Kikamba
Spoken in Kenya, Tanzania
Region Machakos, Kitui
Native speakers 4 million  (no date)
600,000 L2 speakers
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Northeast Bantu
            • Kikuyu–Kamba
              • South
                • Kamba–Daiso
                  • Kamba
Language codes
ISO 639-2 kam
ISO 639-3 either:
kam – Kamba
dhs – Dhaiso (Thaisu)

The Kamba language, or Kikamba, is a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people of Kenya. It is spoken by 5,000 people in Tanzania (Thaisu).

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

In Kenya, Kamba is spoken in four major regions of Kamba Land. These regions are Machakos, Kitui, Makueni and Mwingi. The Machakos variety is considered the standard variety of the four dialects and has been used in the translation of the Bible.[citation needed]

External links

References

  • Mwau, John Harun (2006). Kikamba Dictionary: Kikamba-English, Kikamba-Kikamba, English-Kikamba. ISBN 9966773096.



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