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ISO 639-3 · nsense
Niger–Congo family

Nsenga

Nsenga is a language of the Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language”.

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
nse
Glottocode
nsen1242
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameNsenga
Also calledNsenga language, Cinsenga
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 Nsenga

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458BantubranchnseNsengalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Mozambique39 languages in the indexZambia37 languages in the indexZimbabwe24 languages in the index

Also spoken in Mozambique

porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalzulZuluNiger–Congo · 27.8 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationsnaShonaNiger–Congo · 9 m3 · Wider CommunicationvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalsswSwaziNiger–Congo · 2 m1 · NationalkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · Developing