Nyika language

Not to be confused with Nyika languages or Nyiha language.

Nyika
Kinyika, Kinyiha
Native to	Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
Native speakers	35,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Rukwa Mbozi Mwika Nyika
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `nkt` – (Tanzania) `nkv` – (Malawi, Zambia)
Glottolog	`nyik1247` (Tanzania)^[2] `nyik1246` (Malawi & Zambia)^[3]

Nyika (Nyiha) is a Bantu language of Tanzania and Zambia.

References

↑ (Tanzania) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
(Malawi, Zambia) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nyika (Tanzania)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nyika (Malawi and Zambia)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Tanzania

Official languages

Indigenous
languages

Bantu

Northeast
Bantu

Bena–Kinga	Bena Hehe Kinga Kisi Manda Pangwa Sangu Vwanji

Chaga	Central Kilimanjaro Gweno Rombo Rusa West Kilimanjaro

Great Lakes	Ha Hangaza Ikizu Ikoma Jita Kabwa Kara Kerewe Kuria Kwaya Ngoreme Nyambo Suba-Simbiti Sumbwa Vinza Zanaki Zinza

Kikuyu–Kamba	Sonjo

Northeast Coast	Digo Doe Gogo Kagulu Kami Kutu Kwere Luguru Ngulu Sagara Shambala Vidunda Zaramo

Takama	Holoholo Iramba Isanzu Kimbu Nyamwezi Sukuma Turu

Other Bantu

Other

Sign languages

Tanzanian sign languages

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