NDH ISO 639-3
Ndali
Chindali Autonym
A language of Tanzania
- ISO 639
- ndh
- Alternate Names
- Cindali, Ici-Ndali, Icindali, Kindali, Ndari
- Autonym
- Chindali
- Population
- 193,000 in Tanzania (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009), increasing. Total users in all countries: 263,000.
- Location:
- Songwe region: Ileje district, between Lambya and Nyakyusa.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Nyakyusa-Ngonde (M.301)
- Dialects
- Sukwa.
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; noun classes; verbal affixation for subject, object, tense, aspect, mood, and derivation; 19 consonant phonemes; 10 vowel phonemes; tonal.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Most domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Swahili [swh].
- Language Development
- SIL has transition literacy work (Swahili to Ndali). Literature. Texts. NT: 2020.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ndali
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Chitipa district: Sukwa Hills.
- Dialects
- Sukwa.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Came from Tanzania, and may be intelligible with Lambya [lai]. View other languages of Malawi
Language Name
Ndali
User Population
70,000 in Malawi (2003 SIL).
Map
Location: Songwe region: Ileje district, between Lambya and Nyakyusa.
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