LAI ISO 639-3
Lambya
ChiLambya Autonym
A language of Malawi
- ISO 639
- lai
- Alternate Names
- Ichilambya, Kilambya, Lambia, Lambwa, Rambia
- Autonym
- ChiLambya
- Population
- 59,500 in Malawi (2009 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 106,900.
- Location:
- Chitipa and Karonga districts: along Tanzania and Zambia borders.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyiha-Safwa (M.201)
- Dialects
- Central Lambya. Ndali [ndh] may be intelligible with Lambya.
- Language Development
- Texts. NT: 2016.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Lambya
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Songwe region: Ileje district, south Ulambya division, on Malawi border.
- Dialects
- Northern Lambya.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened) View other languages of Tanzania
Language Name
Lambya
User Population
30,400 in Tanzania (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).
- Location
- Muchinga province: Isoka district.
- Dialects
- Southern Lambya.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened) View other languages of Zambia
Language Name
Lambya
User Population
17,000 in Zambia (2017 J. Leclerc).
Map
Location: Chitipa and Karonga districts: along Tanzania and Zambia borders.
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