How Can We Help?
You are here:
< Back
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]
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
Official languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indigenous languages |
|
Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H) (by Guthrie classification) | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zone E |
| ||||||||||||||
Zone F |
| ||||||||||||||
Zone G |
| ||||||||||||||
Zone H |
| ||||||||||||||
|
Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M) (by Guthrie classification) | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zone J* |
| ||||||||||||||||
Zone K |
| ||||||||||||||||
Zone L |
| ||||||||||||||||
Zone M |
| ||||||||||||||||
|
Categories
-
Annuals36
-
Bulbs, Corms & Tubers41
-
Ferns27
-
Fruits3
-
Garden Plants23
-
Grasses26
-
Herb17
-
Insects1
-
Mammals1
-
Midwest Native Plants0
-
Northeast Native Plants112
-
Perennials123
-
Rose1
-
Shrubs47
-
Trees112
-
Tropical Plants53
-
Upland Birds5
-
Vines18
-
Viola Tricolor1
-
Water Gardening & Plants9
-
Waterfowl0
-
Wetland Birds0
-
Wetland Plants4
-
Wildbirds172
-
Wildflowers1
-
Woodland Plants29
Table of Contents
Recent Comments