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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Tanzania > Ndamba

Ndamba

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3ndj

Population  55,000 (1987).
Region  South central, Iringa region, northeast of Bena, southeast of Hehe [heh], west of Pogolo [poy], southwest of Mbunga.
Language map  Tanzania, reference number 84
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 69% with Mbunga [mgy], 56% with Pogolo.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Pogoro (G.50)
Language use  Also use Swahili [swh].
Language development  Bible portions: 2007–2008.