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Revision as of 22:32, 19 March 2015
| Mambwe | |
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| Lungu | |
| Native to | Tanzania, Zambia |
| Ethnicity | Mambwe, Lungu, Fipa |
Native speakers | 500,000 (2002 & 2010 censuses)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgr |
| Glottolog | mamb1296 |
M.14–15[2] | |
The Mambwe and Lungu peoples living at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and Zambia speak a common language with minor dialectical differences. Perhaps half of the Fipa people to their north speak it as a native language. When spoken by the Fipa, it is called "Fipa-Mambwe"; this is also the term for the branch of Bantu languages which includes Fipa and Mambwe-Lungu.
References
- ^ Mambwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
External links
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