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ISO 639-3 · mgrmgr
Niger–Congo family

Mambwe-Lungu

Mambwe-Lungu is a language of the Nyika-Safwa branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Zambia and Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 674,000 speakers.

5 · DevelopingLatn674,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mgr
Glottocode
mamb1296
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMambwe-Lungu
Also calledMambwe-Lungu language
All speakers674,000
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Mambwe-Lungu

The branches above Mambwe-Lungu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch15Rukwabranch13Nyika-SafwabranchmgrMambwe-Lungulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Zambia37 languages in the indexTanzania117 languages in the index

Also spoken in Zambia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationswcCongo SwahiliNiger–Congo · 9.1 m2 · ProvincialsnaShonaNiger–Congo · 9 m3 · Wider CommunicationafrAfrikaansIndo-European · 7.2 m1 · NationaltumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalbemBembaNiger–Congo · 3.6 m2 · ProvincialtoiTongaNiger–Congo · 1.3 m2 · ProvinciallozLoziNiger–Congo · 600,0004 · EducationallebLala-Bisaunclassified · 580,0005 · Developing