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mwanga, language, mwanga, namwanga, nyamwanga, bantu, language, spoken, mwanga, people, northern, province, zambia, mainly, districts, isoka, nakonde, mbeya, region, tanzania, 2010, zambian, census, found, speakers, current, number, tanzania, unknown, ethnolog. Mwanga or Namwanga Nyamwanga is a Bantu language spoken by the Mwanga people in the Northern Province of Zambia 3 mainly in the districts of Isoka and Nakonde and in Mbeya Region Tanzania The 2010 Zambian census found 140 000 speakers The current number in Tanzania is unknown Ethnologue cites a figure from 1987 of 87 000 1 NamwangaIchinamwangaNative toZambia TanzaniaEthnicityMwanga peopleNative speakers 230 000 cited 1987 2010 census 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoBenue CongoBantoidBantuRukwaMboziMwikaNamwangaDialectsIwa TamboLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mwn class extiw title iso639 3 mwn mwn a Glottolognyam1275Guthrie codeM 22 26 27 2 There are also some speakers of Namwanga in the north west part of Chitipa District in northern Malawi 4 The Namwanga language is similar to the Mambwe language spoken by the Mambwe people of Mbala and Mpulungu districts and the Lungu people also found in Isoka Other similar smaller peoples include the Lambyas the Nyikas and the Wandyas Contents 1 Alphabet 2 Sample text 3 Namwanga Names 4 Favourite foods 5 See also 6 ReferencesAlphabet editNyamwanga has 5 vowels and 17 consonants a total of 22 lettersVowels A E I O UConsonants B D F G HJ K L M N P S SH T V W Y ZSample text editAmulandu ci wuno Yesu atalesizye umuntu wino wafumyanga iviwa mwi zina lyakwe nanti aca kuti atalinji pa wasambilizi wakwe Why did Jesus not prevent a man from expelling demons even though the man was not following him Mwalinda tata Good afternoon Father Namwanga Names editSuwilanji Salifyanji Alinani Alinaswe Njavwa Lenganji Leukanji Nkusechela Lukundo Kundananji Vwambanji VilezuFavourite foods editBeans and Okra commonly known as Kumbi Cassava MilletSee also editLanguages of ZambiaReferences edit a b Namwanga at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Jouni Filip Maho 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online Lee S Bickmore 2000 Downstep and fusion in Namwanga Cambridge Journals Cambridge University Press Retrieved 2007 02 24 University of Malawi Language Mapping Survey 2006 p 29 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mwanga language amp oldid 1214680911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
