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Nyika, Tanzania

A language of Tanzania

ISO 639-3nkt

Population  25,000 (2007).
Region  Rukwa region, Sumbawanga Rural District, mainly Sandulula Ward; Mollo Ward.
Alternate names   Kinyiha, Kinyika
Dialects  Similar to Nyiha [nih], Malawi Nyiha [nyr], Malila [mgq].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyika-Safwa (M.20)
Language use  All domains. Also use Swahili.

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Academic Publications

KRÜGER, Susanne; LINDFORS, Anna-Lena; NAGLER, Louise; WOODWARD, Mark, authors. 2009. "A sociolinguistic survey of the Nyiha and Nyika language communities in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi."  Available online