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Name:
Tumbuka
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Tumboka; Chitumbuka; Tamboka; Tambuka; Timbuka; Tombucas; Tew
Spoken in:
Malawi, Zambia
Number of speakers:
1,000,000 in Malawi (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 1,142,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
tum
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Tumbuka (N.20); Group N.20 (tumb)
Child Dialects:
Nthali (tum-nth)
Chipoka (tum-cho)
Hewe; Hewa (tum-hew)
Nenya (tum-nen)
Chitumbuka; Tumbuka, ci- (tum-chb)
Chikamanga; Kamanga; Henga; Kamaŋga, ci-; Heŋga (tum-chi)
Fililwa; Filirwa (tum-fil)
Wenya (tum-wen)
Senga; Seŋga (tum-sen)
Ngoni; Magodi (tum-ngo)
Kandawire (tum-kan)
Poka; Chipoka; Phoka; Poka, ci- (tum-pok)
Yombe (tum-yom)
Fungwe; Fuŋgwe (tum-fun)

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