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Tumbuka-Senga language

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Senga
Chisenga
Native toZambia
RegionChama district, Muchinga province
Ethnicity110,000[1]
Native speakers
80,000 (2010 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologseng1277

Senga is an erstwhile 'dialect' of Tumbuka that is actually a distinct language, more closely related to Bemba than to Tumbuka (Christine Ahmed 1995).

References

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  1. ^ "Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-02-10.