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Nsenga language

Nsenga language

Bantu language spoken in southern Africa

Not to be confused with the Senga language, once classified as a dialect of the Tumbuka 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.

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The urban form of Nyanja spoken in the Zambian capital Lusaka has many features of Nsenga.

References

  1. [1]
    Nsenga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Phimbi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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