Native to Kenya, Tanzania | ISO 639-2 kam | |
Region Machakos, Kitui, Makueni and Shimba Hills Native speakers 3.9 million (2009 census)
600,000 L2 speakers Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Kikuyu–Kamba
South
Kamba ISO 639-3 Either:
kam – Kamba
dhs – Dhaiso (Thaisu) | ||
The Kamba /ˈkæmbə/ language, or Kikamba, is a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people of Kenya. It is also spoken by 5,000 people in Tanzania (Thaisu).
The Kamba language has lexical similarities to other Bantu languages such as Kikuyu, Meru and Embu.
In Kenya, Kamba is generally spoken in 4 of counties of Kenya: Machakos, Kitui, Makueni, and Kwale. The Machakos variety is considered the standard variety and has been used in the translation
References
Kamba language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA