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Record 1 1996-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Bantu language spoken by the Tumbuka, a people living on the plateau between the northwestern shore of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and the Luangwa River Valley of eastern Zambia. They speak a language closely related to those of their immediate neighbours, the lakeside Tonga, the Chewa and the Senga.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue bantoue parlée par les Tumbuka, groupe ethnique vivant sur le plateau situé entre les rives nord-ouest du lac Nyasa (lac Malawi) et la vallée de la rivière Luangwa à l'est de la Zambie.

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