Ndamba

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A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3
ndj
Alternate Names
Kindamba
User Population

196,000 (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).

Location

Iringa and Morogoro regions: northeast of Bena.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Pogolo-Ndamba (G.52)
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 69% with Mbunga [mgy], 56% with Pogolo [poy].

Language Use

Also use Swahili [swh].

Language Development

NT: 2014.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ndamba
Writing

Latin script [Latn].