Shambala language

Shambala
	kishambaa
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Shambaa people
Native speakers	660,000 (2001)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Seuta Shambala; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ksb
Glottolog	sham1280
Guthrie code	G.23[2]

Shambala or Shambaa is a Bantu language of Tanzania.

Overview

Shambala, also Kishambala, (ki)Sambaa, (ki)Shambaa is spoken by the Shambaa in the Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of northern Tanzania. Some dialectal variation exists between the language as spoken in the area around Lushoto and the areas around Mlalo and Mtae, possibly also between the Shambaa of the Western Usambara Mountains and the Eastern Usambara Mountains.

References

Shambala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

External links

Shambaa Information

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[e18-1] Shambala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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