Draft:Yombe dialect
| Yombe | |
|---|---|
| Chiyombe | |
| Native to | Zambia |
| Region | Muchinga Province |
| Ethnicity | 9,900 |
Native speakers | (6,900 cited 1999 census) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | yomb1245 |
Yombe is a dialect of Tumbuka spoken by the Yombe people of Zambia.[1][2] The Yombe group is part of the Bantu people within the Sub-Saharan African affinity branch. The group in Zambia speaks Tumbuka as its primary language while in other countries, the group speaks other variants.
The group practices ethnoreligion that is connected to its early ethnic identity. In Zambia, there are over 6,100 Yombe speakers and it is alittle different than the Senga dialect of Tumbuka which is also spoken in the country.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Glottolog 5.1 - Yombe (Tumbuka)". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ a b "PeopleGroups.org - Yombe". web.archive.org. 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-19.