Yombe dialect (Zambia)

Yombe
Chiyombe
Native toZambia
RegionMuchinga Province
EthnicityTumbuka people of Zambia
Native speakers
(6,900 cited 1999 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologyomb1245

Yombe is a Tumbuka language spoken by the Yombe people of Zambia, a group that is part of the Tumbuka family[1][2][3] of the Bantu people, within the Sub-Saharan African affinity branch. They speak Tumbuka as their primary language,[4] with a number of speakers in Zambia of over 11,700. Their dialect slightly differs from the Senga dialect of Tumbuka which is also spoken in the country.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Yombe, kiyombe, kiombi, bayombe" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-27.
  2. ↑ "Glottolog 5.1 - Yombe (Tumbuka)". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  3. 1 2 "PeopleGroups.org - Yombe". 2024-12-02. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  4. ↑ Project, Joshua. "Tumbuka, Yombe in Zambia". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-02-28.