Kirombo language

Kirombo language

language
name=Kirombo
nativename=Rombo
familycolor=Niger-Congo
states=Tanzania
region=Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area
speakers=1,5 million
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Benue-Congo
fam5=Bantoid
fam6=Southern Bantoid
fam7=Narrow Bantu
fam8=Central
iso2=bnt
iso3=rof

Kirombo (also Rombo) is a Bantu language of Tanzania, spoken by approximately 300,000 people (1992 UBS). It is spoken in the Chaga area of the Kilimanjaro region. Kirombo is closely related to the other Chaga languages Vunjo, Moshi, and Machame languages, with which it is said to form a dialect continuum.


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