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.
Mambwe language is spoken by the people who are found in Rukwa region, southern Sumbawanga town. It is a language which is one of the three dialects spoken by the indigenous people of Rukwa Region. People of this region speak Fipa, Mambwe and Kinyiha. Mambwe language is spoken likely to Fipa but there variation in which some terms are understood among the speaker of these two languages Mambwe language is also spoken in some parts of Zambia as their mother tongue although they differ in manners of articulation. It is closely related to the Mwanga, Bemba, KaondeNyakyusa and Lambya languages.
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^Mambwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
mambwe, lungu, language, mambwe, lungu, peoples, living, southern, lake, tanganyika, tanzania, zambia, speak, common, language, with, minor, dialectical, differences, perhaps, half, fipa, people, their, north, speak, native, language, when, spoken, fipa, calle. 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 MambweLunguNative toTanzania ZambiaEthnicityMambwe Lungu FipaNative speakers500 000 2002 amp 2010 censuses 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoVolta CongoBenue CongoSouthern BantoidBantuRukwaMboziMwikaMambweDialectsMambwe Ichimambwe Cilungu Lungu Ichirungu Adong Fipa Mambwe Kifipa cha kimambwe Language codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mgr class extiw title iso639 3 mgr mgr a Glottologmamb1296Guthrie codeM 14 15 2 Mambwe language is spoken by the people who are found in Rukwa region southern Sumbawanga town It is a language which is one of the three dialects spoken by the indigenous people of Rukwa Region People of this region speak Fipa Mambwe and Kinyiha Mambwe language is spoken likely to Fipa but there variation in which some terms are understood among the speaker of these two languages Mambwe language is also spoken in some parts of Zambia as their mother tongue although they differ in manners of articulation It is closely related to the Mwanga Bemba Kaonde Nyakyusa and Lambya languages References edit Mambwe at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Jouni Filip Maho 2009 New Updated Guthrie List OnlineRelevant literature editBickmore Lee 2008 Cilungu Phonology Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Communication Halemba Andrzej 2005 Religious and Ethical Values in the Proverbs of the Mambwe People Zambia Vol 1 Poland Werner A and A N Tucker 1940 Mambwe Proverbs Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies 10 2 1940 pp 455 467 External links editsmall Mambwe English dictionary nbsp This Bantu language related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mambwe Lungu language amp oldid 1214549062, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
