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ISO 639-3 · mjhmjh
Niger–Congo family

Mbamba Bay

Mbamba Bay is a language of the Nyasa branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mjh
Glottocode
mwer1247
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameMbamba Bay
Also calledMwera (Nyasa), Mbamba Bay language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Mbamba Bay

The branches above Mbamba Bay, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch10NyasabranchmjhMbamba Baylanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Tanzania117 languages in the index

Also spoken in Tanzania

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · DevelopingkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · Developing