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==Dialects== |
==Dialects== |
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'''Sukwa''', or ''Chisukwa'', is spoken in the [[Misuku Hills]] of [[Malawi]] by fewer than 1000 people. Geographically, it would appear to be the same as the [[Sukwa dialect]] now classified as Lambya. |
'''Sukwa''', or ''Chisukwa'', is spoken in the [[Misuku Hills]] of [[Malawi]] by fewer than 1000 people. Geographically, it would appear to be the same as the [[Sukwa dialect]] now classified as Lambya. |
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Ndali-Nyakyusa coded M 301 |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 03:35, 6 July 2015
| Ndali | |
|---|---|
| Chindali | |
| Native to | Tanzania, Malawi |
| Ethnicity | Ndali |
Native speakers | (220,000 cited 1987–2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ndh |
| Glottolog | ndal1241 |
M.301[2] | |
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. Geographically, it would appear to be the same as the Sukwa dialect now classified as Lambya.
References
- ^ Ndali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- 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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