Ndamba language

Ndamba
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Iringa
Native speakers	(55,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Kilombero Mbunga–Ndamba Ndamba; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ndj
Glottolog	ndam1239[2]
Guthrie code	G.52[3]
Linguasphere	99-AUS-ta

Chindamba is classified as a Bantu language.[4] It is one of 87 languages spoken in Tanzania.[5] Most Chindamba speakers are bilingual in Swahili and Chindamba.[6]

References

Ndamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ndamba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Nurse, Derek (2008). Tense and Aspect in Bantu. United States: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199239290.
Legere, Karsten (2002). "The "Languages of Tanzania" project: background, resources, and perspectives" (PDF). Africa & Asia. 2: 163–186.
Edelsten, Peter; Lijongwa, Chiku. A Grammatical Sketch of Chindamba - A Bantu Language (G52) of Tanzania. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89645-706-6.

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

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ndamba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Guthrie-3] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[4] Nurse, Derek (2008). Tense and Aspect in Bantu. United States: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199239290.

[5] Legere, Karsten (2002). "The "Languages of Tanzania" project: background, resources, and perspectives" (PDF). Africa & Asia. 2: 163–186.

[6] Edelsten, Peter; Lijongwa, Chiku. A Grammatical Sketch of Chindamba - A Bantu Language (G52) of Tanzania. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89645-706-6.