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Where is Nambya spoken?

Nambya is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Nambya is spoken

Nambya is spoken in 4 countries: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Country
Botswana
Namibia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Nambya has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Nambya?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Nambya sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Nambya as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Atlantic-Congo
  2. Volta-Congo
  3. Benue-Congo
  4. Bantoid
  5. Southern Bantoid
  6. Narrow Bantu
  7. East Bantu
  8. Southern Bantu
  9. Shona (S.10)
  10. Kalanga-Nambya
  11. Nambya

Related languages

Other languages in the Kalanga-Nambya group:

More about Nambya

Codes: ISO 639-3 nmq, Glottolog namb1291. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Nambya

Where is Nambya spoken?

Nambya is spoken in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Nambya in?

Glottolog places Nambya in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern Bantoid, Narrow Bantu, East Bantu, Southern Bantu, Shona (S.10) and Kalanga-Nambya.

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