Nsenga language explained

Nsenga
Nativename:Chinsenga
States:Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi
Speakers: in Zambia and Mozambique
Date:2006 – 2010 census
Ref:e18
Speakers2:16,000 in Zimbabwe (1969)
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Nyasa
Fam7:Sena (N40)
Lc1:nse
Ld1:Nsenga
Lc2:phm
Ld2:Phimbi
Guthrie:N.41
Lingua:99-AUS-xf incl. varieties 99-AUS-xfa...-xfc
Glotto:nsen1242
Glottoname:Nsenga
Glotto2:phim1238
Glottoname2:Phimbi

Nsenga, also known as Senga, is a Bantu language of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, occupying an area on the plateau that forms the watershed between the Zambezi and Luangwa river systems and Western Malawi land overshadowing Kachebere mountain called Mchinji.

The urban form of Nyanja spoken in the Zambian capital Lusaka has many features of Nsenga.

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