Ndamba
Native toTanzania
RegionMorogoro
Native speakers
(55,000 cited 1987)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndj
Glottologndam1239
G.52[2]
Linguasphere99-AUS-ta

Ndamba or "Chindamba" is classified as a Bantu language.[3] It is one of 87 languages spoken in Tanzania[4] Most Chindamba speakers are bilingual in Swahili and Chindamba.[5]

The other 2 languages most similiar to Ndamba are Mbunga and Pogolo , because all of them belong to the same language group, which are the Kilombero languagues.[6]

References

  1. ^ Ndamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  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.
  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.
  6. ^ Kilombero languages


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