Nyamwanga

Nyamwanga

Nyamwanga (also referred to as Namwanga) is a Bantu language spoken by the Mwanga in the Northern Province of Zambiacite web|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=B7959E101F2BE6F5F41CB35569064D8B.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=78061#fn1|title=Downstep and fusion in Namwanga|work=Cambridge Journals (Cambridge University Press)|author=Lee S. Bickmore|year=2000|accessdate=2007-02-24] (mainly in the districts of Isoka and Nakonde) and in southwestern Tanzania. In 1993 the Nyamwanga population was estimated to number 256,000, with 169,000 residing in Zambia and 87,000 in Tanzania. [cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mwn |title=Nyamwanga |accessdate=2008-08-21 |work=ethnologue.com |publisher=SIL International]

The Namwanga language is similar to the Mambwe language spoken by the Mambwe people of Mbala and Mpulungu districts and the Lungu people also found in Isoka. Other similar smaller tribes include the Lambyas, the Nyikas and the Wandyas.

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