Tumbuka-Senga language
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Senga | |
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Chisenga | |
Native to | Zambia |
Region | Chama district, Muchinga province |
Ethnicity | 110,000[1][2] |
Native speakers
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80,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sgq (proposed)[3] |
Glottolog | seng1277 [4] |
Senga is an erstwhile 'dialect' of Tumbuka that is actually a distinct language, more closely related to Bemba than to Tumbuka (Christine Ahmed 1995).