ISO 639-3 · ksbksb
Niger–Congo family
Shambala
Shambala is a language of the Northeast Coast Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania and Kenya. Wikidata counts about 664,000 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ksb- Glottocode
sham1280- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Shambala |
|---|---|
| Also called | Shambala language |
| All speakers | 664,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Shambala
The branches above Shambala, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing