Mwanga language
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Namwanga language
)| Namwanga | |
|---|---|
| Ichinamwanga | |
| Native to | Zambia, Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Mwanga people |
Native speakers | (230,000 cited 1987– 2010 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mwn |
| Glottolog | nyam1275 |
M.22,26,27[2] | |
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]
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
.Alphabet
Nyamwanga has 5 vowels and 17 consonants, a total of 22 letters
Vowels: A E I O U
Consonants: B D F G HJ K L M N P S SH T V W Y Z
Sample text
- Amulandu 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
- Suwilanji
- Salifyanji
- Alinani
- Alinaswe
- Njavwa
- Lenganji
- Leukanji
- Nkusechela
- Lukundo
- Kundananji
- Vwambanji
- Vilezu
Favourite foods
- Beans and Okra commonly known as Kumbi
- Cassava
- Millet
See also
References
- ^ 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.