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Languages Of Zambia
Zambia has several major indigenous languages, all members of the Bantu family, as well as Khwedam, Zambian Sign Language, several immigrant languages and the pidgins Settla and Fanagalo. English is the official language and the major language of business and education. Indigenous Zambian languages Zambia has 72 languages, some of which have a long history in Zambia, while others, such as Silozi, arose as a result of 18th- and 19th-century migrations. All of Zambia's major languages by native-speaker population are members of the Bantu family and are closely related to one another. Seven native languages are officially recognized as regional languages. Together, these represent the major languages of each province: Bemba ( Northern Province, Luapula, Muchinga and the Copperbelt), Nyanja (Lusaka and the Eastern Province), Lozi (Western Province), Tonga and Lozi ( Southern Province), and Kaonde, Luvale and Lunda ( Northwestern Province). These seven languages are used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenje Language
Lenje is a Bantu language of central Zambia. The Lukanga dialect is spoken by the Lukanga Twa Pygmies, fishermen of the Lukanga Swamp Lukanga Swamp is a major wetland in the Central Province of Zambia, about 50 km west of Kabwe.Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000 Its permanently swampy area consists of a roughly circular are .... Alternate names for the language are Chilenje, Chinamukuni, Ciina, Ciina Mukuni, Lengi, Lenji, and Mukuni. References External links * * *Rev. S. Luwisha, Mukulilacoolwe'' Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 4, 2014. *Dorothea Lehmann, Folktales from Zambia: Texts in six African languages and in English'' Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 3, 2014.OLAC resources in and about the Lenje language Languages of Zambia Botatwe languages Library of Congress Africa Collection related {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soli Language
Soli is a Bantu language of Zambia. It is part of the Botatwe languages, Botatwe group, who live mainly in Lusaka Province, Lusaka province and Central Province together with the Tonga and Lenje people See also *Soli people References Languages of Zambia Botatwe languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Language
Shona (; sn, chiShona) is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It was codified by the colonial government in the 1950s. According to ''Ethnologue'', Shona, comprising the Zezuru, Korekore and Karanga dialects, is spoken by about 7.5 million people. The Manyika dialect of Shona is listed separately by ''Ethnologue'', and is spoken by 1,025,000 people. The larger group of historically related languages—called Shona languages by linguists—also includes Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Kalanga (Western Shona). Instruction Shona is a written standard language with an orthography and grammar that was codified during the early 20th century and fixed in the 1950s. In the 1920s, the Rhodesian administration was faced with the challenge of preparing schoolbooks and other materials in the various languages and dialects and requested the recommendation of South African linguist Clement Doke. The first novel in Shona, Solomon Mutswairo's ''Feso'', was published in 1957. Shona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanjo Language
Shanjo (Sanjo) is a Bantu language of Zambia. Maho (2009) lists it as distinct from Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ..., which it has sometimes been classified as a dialect of. References Bantu languages Languages of Zambia Kavango languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nsenga Language
Nsenga, also known as ''Senga'', is a Bantu language of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, occupying an area on the plateau that forms the watershed between the Zambezi and Luangwa river systems and Western Malawi land overshadowing Kachebere mountain called Mchinji. The urban form of Nyanja spoken in the Zambian capital Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ... has many features of Nsenga. References External linksMalombelo a Kamo Kamo Occasional (Pastoral) Offices in Nsenga (1956)Anglican liturgical material digitized by Richard Mammana and Charles Wohlers {{Authority control Languages of Zambia Languages of Mozambique Languages of Zimbabwe Nyasa languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkoya Language
Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban. Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe, Shangi, Shasha, and Nkoya proper—to be distinct languages in an Nkoya language cluster A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie .... References External links Nkoya basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database Luban languages Languages of Zambia {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkangala Dialect
Mbunda is a Bantu language of Angola and Zambia. There are several dialects: Katavola, Yauma, Nkangala, Mbalango, Sango, Ciyengele ("Shamuka"), and Ndundu, all of which are closely related. Mbunda was one of six languages selected by the ''Instituto de Línguas Nacionais'' (National Languages Institute) for an initial phase to establish spelling rules in 1980 to facilitate teaching in schools and promoting its use. Sounds Mbunda is similar to Luchazi, but has some differences in the consonants. Among other differences, where Luchazi has , Mbunda has . Where Luchazi has , Mbunda has dental . Vowels Like other languages in eastern Angola and Zambia, Mbunda language has five contrastive vowels: Consonants Voiced plosives only occur as prenasalized stops, where they contrast with aspirated plosives. Otherwise only tenuis plosives are found in Mbunda. Orthography Population Mbunda is spoken by the Mbunda people of the Moxico Province and Cuando Cubango Province of Angol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwanga Language
Mwanga, or Namwanga (Nyamwanga), is a Bantu language spoken by the Mwanga people in the Northern Province of Zambia (mainly in the districts of Isoka and Nakonde) and in Mbeya Region, Tanzania. The 2010 Zambian census found 140,000 speakers. The current number in Tanzania is unknown; ''Ethnologue'' cites a figure from 1987 of 87,000. There are also some speakers of Namwanga in the north-west part of Chitipa District in northern Malawi. p. 29. The Namwanga language is similar to the spoken by the |
Mbunda Language
Mbunda is a Bantu language of Angola and Zambia. There are several dialects: Katavola, Yauma, Nkangala, Mbalango, Sango, Ciyengele ("Shamuka"), and Ndundu, all of which are closely related. Mbunda was one of six languages selected by the ''Instituto de Línguas Nacionais'' (National Languages Institute) for an initial phase to establish spelling rules in 1980 to facilitate teaching in schools and promoting its use. Sounds Mbunda is similar to Luchazi, but has some differences in the consonants. Among other differences, where Luchazi has , Mbunda has . Where Luchazi has , Mbunda has dental . Vowels Like other languages in eastern Angola and Zambia, Mbunda language has five contrastive vowels: Consonants Voiced plosives only occur as prenasalized stops, where they contrast with aspirated plosives. Otherwise only tenuis plosives are found in Mbunda. Orthography Population Mbunda is spoken by the Mbunda people of the Moxico Province and Cuando Cubango Province of Angol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbukushu Language
Mbukushu or Thimbukushu is a Bantu language spoken by 45,000 people along the Okavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Botswana, Angola and Zambia. In 2022 it was selected among a variety of Mother Tongue languages to be taught in Botswana Primary Schools in the year 2023. Mbukushu is one of several Bantu languages of the Okavango which have click consonants; Mbukushu has three: tenuis ''c,'' voiced ''gc,'' and nasalized ''nc,'' as well as prenasalized ''ngc,'' which vary between speakers as dental, palatal The palate () is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly separ ..., and postalveolar. It also has a nasal glottal approximant. References External links Mbukushu sound files at UCLA Bantu languages Languages of Angola Languages of Botswana Languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbowe Language
Mbowe (''Esimbowe'') is a Bantu language of Zambia. Maho (2009) lists K.321 Mbume and K.322 Liyuwa as distinct but closely related languages. Mbowe had once been classified as a dialect of the divergent Luyana language Luyana (Luyaana), also known as ''Luyi'' (Louyi, Lui, Rouyi), is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia and perhaps in small numbers in neighboring countries. It appears to be an divergent lineage of Bantu. It is spoken by the Luyana people, a subgrou .... References External links ELAR archive of Preliminary Documentation of Mbowe Bantu languages Languages of Zambia Languages of Namibia Kavango languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
