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Simaa language

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Native to
  
Zambia

ISO 639-3
  
sie

Native speakers
  
17,000 (2010 census)

Glottolog
  
sima1258

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Kavango? Simaa

Dialects
  
Simaa Mulonga Mwenyi Koma Imilangu

Simaa is a Bantu language of Zambia. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu. Though not specifically addressed, Simaa may be in that family as well.

Maho (2009) lists K35 Simaa, K351 Mulonga, K352 Mwenyi, K353 Koma (Makoma), and K354 Imilangu, all covered by ISO code [sie], as distinct but closely related languages.

References

Simaa language Wikipedia