Native to Tanzania Native speakers 660,000 (2001) Glottolog sham1280 | Ethnicity Shambaa people ISO 639-3 ksb | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Coast Bantu
Seuta
Shambala | ||
Shambala or Shambaa is a Bantu language of Tanzania.
Overview
Shambala, also Kishambala, (ki)Sambaa, (ki)Shambaa is spoken by the Shambaa in the Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of northern Tanzania. Some dialectal variation exists between the language as spoken in the area around Lushoto and the areas around Mlalo and Mtae, possibly also between the Shambaa of the Western Usambara Mountains and the Eastern Usambara Mountains.
References
Shambala language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA