Shambala language

Shambala language

Infobox Language
name=Shambala
nativename=kishambaa
familycolor=Niger-Congo
states=Tanzania
speakers= 664,000
fam1=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Benue-Congo
fam5=Bantoid
fam6=Southern
fam7=Narrow Bantu
fam8=Central
fam9=G 23
nation=
iso1=none
iso2=none
iso3=ksb

Shambala is a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Overview

Shambala, also Kishambala, (ki)Sambaa, (ki)Shambaa is spoken by the Shambaa in the Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of northern Tanzania. Some dialectal variation exists between the language as spoken in the area around Lushoto and the areas around Mlalo and Mtae, possibly also between the Shambaa of the Western Usambara Mountains and the Eastern Usambara Mountains.

External links

* [http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Shambaa.html Shambaa Information]


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