Kimbu language

Kimbu
Kimbu
Kikimbu
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Kimbu
Native speakers	(78,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Sukuma-Nyamwezi Nyamwezic Kimbu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kiv
Glottolog	kimb1242
Guthrie code	F.24

Kimbu is a Bantu language of Tanzania. In 1992, use of Kimbu was declining but still in regular use in certain contexts.^[3] As of 2018, most children of Kimbu speakers learn Swahili as a first language, and do not learn Kimbu well.^[4]

References

^ Kimbu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ Brenzinger, Matthias (1992). Language death : factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9783110134049.
^ Gabriel, Helena (2018). "A Case Study of Kimbu Intergenerational Transmission" (PDF). Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics. 1: 38–53. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

External links

Sample of the Kimbu language

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[e18-1] Kimbu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Brenzinger, Matthias (1992). Language death : factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9783110134049.

[4] Gabriel, Helena (2018). "A Case Study of Kimbu Intergenerational Transmission" (PDF). Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics. 1: 38–53. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

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