Nyiha language
Nyiha | |
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Ishinyiha | |
Native to | Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi |
Ethnicity | Nyiha |
Native speakers | unknown (670,000 cited 1987–1993)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Either: nih – (Tanzania, Zambia) nyr – (Malawi) |
Glottolog |
mboz1234 [2] |
M.23 [3] |
Nyiha (Nyixa, Nyika) is a Bantu language primarily spoken in Tanzania and Zambia. The language of the 10,000 speakers in Malawi is different enough to sometimes be considered a distinct language.
References
- ↑ (Tanzania, Zambia) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
(Malawi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mbozi–Malawi Nyika". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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