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Nambya  

Definition

  • Nambya is a Bantu language spoken by the Nambya people. It is spoken in northwestern Zimbabwe, particularly in the town of Hwange with a few speakers in northeastern Botswana. It is either classified as a dialect of Kalanga or as a closely related language. The Zimbabwean constitution recognises Nambya and Kalanga as separate indigenous languages. Nambya is one of Zimbabwe‘s 16 official languages.

Entry terms

  • Nanzwa

Identifier

  • NMQ

Notation

  • nmq

In other languages

  • език намбя

    Bulgarian

  • nambja

    Croatian

  • nambijština

    Czech

  • nambya

    Danish

  • Nambya

    Dutch

  • nambya

    Estonian

  • nambya

    Finnish

  • nambya

    French

  • nanzva
  • Nambya

    German

  • νάμπια

    Greek

  • nambya

    Hungarian

  • nambya

    Irish

  • nambya

    Italian

  • nambja

    Latvian

  • nambjų

    Lithuanian

  • Nambja

    Maltese

  • nambya

    Polish

  • nâmbia

    Portuguese

  • nambya

    Romanian

  • nambya

    Slovak

  • nambja

    Slovenian

  • nambya

    Spanish

  • nambya

    Swedish

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NMQ

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