Kimbu language explained

Kimbu
Nativename:Kikimbu
States:Tanzania
Ethnicity:Kimbu
Speakers:78,000
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Fam6:Bantu
Fam7:Northeast Bantu
Fam8:Sukuma-Nyamwezi
Fam9:Nyamwezic
Iso3:kiv
Glotto:kimb1242
Glottorefname:Kimbu
Guthrie:F.24

Kimbu is a Bantu language of Tanzania. In 1992, use of Kimbu was declining but still in regular use in certain contexts.[1] As of 2018, most children of Kimbu speakers learn Swahili as a first language, and do not learn Kimbu well.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brenzinger . Matthias . Language death : factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa . 1992 . Walter de Gruyter . 9783110134049 . 90–91 .
  2. Gabriel . Helena . A Case Study of Kimbu Intergenerational Transmission . Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics . 2018 . 1 . 38–53 . 8 April 2019.