Ndamba language

Ndamba
Ndamba
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Morogoro
Native speakers	(55,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Kilombero Mbunga–Ndamba Ndamba; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ndj
Glottolog	ndam1239
Guthrie code	G.52
Linguasphere	99-AUS-ta

Ndamba or "Chindamba" is classified as a Bantu language.³ It is one of 87 languages spoken in Tanzania⁴ Most Chindamba speakers are bilingual in Swahili and Chindamba.⁵

The other two languages most similar to Ndamba are Mbunga and Pogolo, because all of them belong to the same language group, which are the Kilombero languagues.⁶

References

Ndamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Nurse, Derek (2008). Tense and Aspect in Bantu. United States: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199239290.
Legere, Karsten (2002). "The "Languages of Tanzania" project: background, resources, and perspectives" (PDF). Africa & Asia. 2: 163–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
Edelsten, Peter; Lijongwa Kipandula, Chiku (2010). A Grammatical Sketch of Chindamba - A Bantu Language (G52) of Tanzania. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89645-706-6.
Kilombero languages

[e18-1] Ndamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Nurse, Derek (2008). Tense and Aspect in Bantu. United States: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199239290.

[4] Legere, Karsten (2002). "The "Languages of Tanzania" project: background, resources, and perspectives" (PDF). Africa & Asia. 2: 163–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2017-01-13.

[5] Edelsten, Peter; Lijongwa Kipandula, Chiku (2010). A Grammatical Sketch of Chindamba - A Bantu Language (G52) of Tanzania. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89645-706-6.

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