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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Zimbabwe > Dombe

Dombe

A language of Zimbabwe

ISO 639-3dov

Population  5,430 (2006).
Region  Hwange District, Lukosi area.
Dialects  Related to Tonga [toi], with Nambya influences.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Lenje-Tonga (M.60), Tonga
Language use  Nambya [nmq] appear to understand it, and vice versa.