Lambya | |
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Ichilambya | |
Native to | Tanzania, Malawi |
Ethnicity | Lambya |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2009–2017) [1] |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
lai |
Glottolog |
lamb1272 |
M.201,202
[2] |
Lambya ( Rambia) is a Bantu language of Tanzania and Malawi. In Northern Malawi it is spoken particularly in the Chitipa District. [3]
Sukwa, once thought to be a dialect of Nyakyusa, is now considered to be a dialect of Lambya. [4] The University of Malawi Language Mapping Survey for Northern Malawi (2006), agreeing with this, found that the three languages Cilambya, Cindali, and Cisukwa form a single dialect group, although there are differences between them, especially between Cilambya and the other two. The examples below come in the order Lambya, Ndali, Sukwa: [5]
The Language Mapping Survey gives further vocabulary and also a short text (the Tortoise and the Hare) in all three dialects. [3] The Lambya version of the story goes as follows:
The story may be translated as follows:
Lambya | |
---|---|
Ichilambya | |
Native to | Tanzania, Malawi |
Ethnicity | Lambya |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2009–2017) [1] |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
lai |
Glottolog |
lamb1272 |
M.201,202
[2] |
Lambya ( Rambia) is a Bantu language of Tanzania and Malawi. In Northern Malawi it is spoken particularly in the Chitipa District. [3]
Sukwa, once thought to be a dialect of Nyakyusa, is now considered to be a dialect of Lambya. [4] The University of Malawi Language Mapping Survey for Northern Malawi (2006), agreeing with this, found that the three languages Cilambya, Cindali, and Cisukwa form a single dialect group, although there are differences between them, especially between Cilambya and the other two. The examples below come in the order Lambya, Ndali, Sukwa: [5]
The Language Mapping Survey gives further vocabulary and also a short text (the Tortoise and the Hare) in all three dialects. [3] The Lambya version of the story goes as follows:
The story may be translated as follows: