Nyiha language
Not to be confused with Nyika language or Nyika languages.
| Nyiha | |
|---|---|
| Ishinyiha | |
| Native to | Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi |
| Ethnicity | Nyiha |
Native speakers | (670,000 cited 1987–1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: nih – (Tanzania, Zambia) nyr – (Malawi) |
| Glottolog |
mboz1234[2] |
M.23[3] | |
Nyiha (Nyixa, Nyika) is a Bantu language primarily spoken in Tanzania and Zambia. The language of the 10,000 speakers in Malawi is different enough to sometimes be considered a distinct language.
References
- ↑ (Tanzania, Zambia) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
(Malawi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mbozi–Malawi Nyika". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
External links
- University of Malawi Language Mapping Survey (2006) Contains comparative vocabulary and a short text in Malawian Nyika.
- Krüger et al (2009) "A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Nyiha and Nyika language communities in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi"
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