Shambala language

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Shambala is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Shambaa people in the Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania.

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Label Occurrences
Shambala language canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
classifiedBy Guthrie classification NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Tanzania
ethnicGroup Shambaa people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Kishambaa NERFINISHED
Kishambaa language NERFINISHED
Kishambala NERFINISHED
Shambaa NERFINISHED
Shambaali NERFINISHED
Shambara NERFINISHED
hasGlottologCode sham1280
hasGlottologName Shambala NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code ksb
hasLanguageCode G.23
hasLinguasphereCode 99-AUS-sd
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
prefixing
hasNominalClassSystem Bantu noun classes
hasPhonologicalType tone language
hasWordOrder SVO
isPartOf Northeast Coast Bantu subgroup NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Bondei language NERFINISHED
Digo language NERFINISHED
Swahili language NERFINISHED
Zigula language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Bantoid languages NERFINISHED
Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages
primaryLocation Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania NERFINISHED
region Tanga Region NERFINISHED
Usambara Mountains NERFINISHED
spokenBy Shambaa people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Tanzania NERFINISHED
Usambara Mountains NERFINISHED
northeastern Tanzania
subclassOf Northeast Coast Bantu language
Sabaki language NERFINISHED
usedBy Shambaa ethnic group NERFINISHED
usedIn local education and cultural activities in the Usambara region
traditional oral literature of the Shambaa people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Northeast Coast Bantu languages hasMember Shambala language