Kimbu language

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]

Kimbu
Kikimbu
Native toTanzania
EthnicityKimbu
Native speakers
(78,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kiv
Glottologkimb1242
F.24[2]

References

  1. Kimbu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  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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