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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Zambia > Simaa

Simaa

A language of Zambia

ISO 639-3sie

Population  162,000 (1986). 8,000 in Makoma (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977).
Region  Western Province, Western Lozi-Luyana area.
Language map  Zambia, reference number 29
Dialects  Simaa, Mulonga, Imilangu, Mwenyi, Nyengo, Makoma, Liyuwa. Imigangu may be a dialect of Luyana [lyn].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, K, Kwangwa (K.40)