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(Text) CC BY-SA