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Ndali language

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Ndali
Chindali
Native toTanzania, Malawi
EthnicityNdali people
Native speakers
220,000 (1987)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndh

Ndali, or Chindali, is a Bantu language spoken by an increasing population in southern Tanzania of 150,000 (1987) and in northern Malawi by 70,000 (2003).

Dialects

Sukwa, or Chisukwa, is spoken in the Misuku Hills of Malawi by fewer than 1000 people.

References

  • Kershner, Tiffany (2001) - "Imperfectivity in Chisukwa," pp. 37–52. Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamso to Sesotho, eds. Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, Bloomington: Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics

External links

  • Faculty page for Dr. Kershner, an expert on the linguistic structure of Chisukwa.


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