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Tumbuka Senga language

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Native to
  
Zambia

Native speakers
  
80,000 (2010 census)

Ethnicity
  
110,000

ISO 639-3
  
sgq (proposed)

Region
  
Chama district, Muchinga province

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Sabi Senga

Senga is an erstwhile 'dialect' of Tumbuka that is actually a distinct language, more closely related to Bemba than to Tumbuka (Christine Ahmed 1995).

References

Tumbuka-Senga language Wikipedia