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Name:
Nyamwanga
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ichinamwanga; Mwanga; Namwanga; Inamwanga; Chinamwanga; Kinamwanga
Spoken in:
Zambia, Tanzania
Number of speakers:
174,000 in Zambia (Johnstone 1993). 14,698 Iwa and 7,171 Tambo (1969 census). Population total all countries: 261,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
mwn
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Nyika-Safwa (M.20) (nyis)
Child Dialects:
Tambo; Tembo (mwn-tam)
Iwa (mwn-iwa)
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