Not to be confused with the Senga language, once classified as a dialect of the Tumbuka language.
Nsenga
Chinsenga
Native to
Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi
Native speakers
600,000 in Zambia and Mozambique (2006 – 2010 census)[1] 16,000 in Zimbabwe (1969)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Nyasa
Sena (N40)
Nsenga
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: nse – Nsenga phm – Phimbi
Glottolog
nsen1242 Nsenga phim1238 Phimbi
Guthrie code
N.41[2]
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xf incl. varieties 99-AUS-xfa...-xfc
Nsenga, also known as Senga, is a Bantu language of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, occupying an area on the plateau that forms the watershed between the Zambezi and Luangwa river systems and Western Malawi land overshadowing Kachebere mountain called Mchinji.
The urban form of Nyanja spoken in the Zambian capital Lusaka has many features of Nsenga.
^ abNsenga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Phimbi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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