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Lambya

A language of Malawi

ISO 639-3: lai

Population  45,000 in Malawi (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 87,000.
Region  Northwest tip, Tanzania and Zambia border. Also in Tanzania, Zambia.
Language map  Malawi
Alternate names   Ichilambya, Lambia, Lambwa, Rambia
Dialects  Ndali [ndh] (1,000 to 3,000 in 1992) in the Sukwa Hills, northern Malawi, came from Tanzania, and may be intelligible with Lambya.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyika-Safwa (M.20)

Also spoken in:

Tanzania

Language name   Lambya
Population  40,000 in Tanzania (1987).
Region  Mbeya region, Ileje District, south Ulambya Division, on Malawi border.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 74
Alternate names  Ichilambya, Ici-Rambia, Icilambya, Iramba, Lambia, Lambwa, Rambia
 

Zambia

Language name   Lambya
Population  2,000 in Zambia.
Region  Isoka District, Northern Province.
Language map  Zambia, reference number 10
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ERICKSON, Helen, author. 1962. Interaction of segmental and tonal components of iLyamba verbs.