Nambya
Chinambya; Nanzva; Nambzya; Najwa; Senajwa; Senambya
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Southern Bantoid
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Tswana, Kalanga, English, Kgalagari, Mbukushu, Ndebele, Kuhane, Yeyi
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1,400 - 1,900 in Boteti Subdistrict, Botswana (calculated from 1991 census)
2000
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Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe
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Tutume, Boteti, Northwest, Botswana; Namibia; Zimbabwe
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Tutume, Boteti, Northwest, Botswana; Namibia; Zimbabwe
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Tswana, Kalanga, English, Kgalagari, Mbukushu, Ndebele, Kuhane, Yeyi
With spouse, with children, by the chief, kgotla, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, prayer, reading/writing
"Multilingualism is common in the Boteti region. Of those interviewed… less than one tenth said they spoke only one language."
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90,000 in Zimbabwe (Chebanne and Nthapelelang 2000). Population total all countries: 105,000.
2009
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Zimbabwe, Botswana
-18.363649, 26.502354; -18.933405, 27.766865; -17.622918, 27.341696;-20.166027, 28.570951
Matabeleland North, primarily Hwange District; Lupane and Binga districts; Bulawayo. Also in Botswana.
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Matabeleland North, primarily Hwange District; Lupane and Binga districts; Bulawayo. Also in Botswana.
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Ndebele, Dombe, Tonga, Shona, English
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Also use Ndebele, Dombe [dov], Tonga [toi], Shona [sna], or English.
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2010
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Zimbabwe
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Matabeleland North, Hwange District
Zimbabwe Education 1987 Act
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Matabeleland North, Hwange District
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Kalanga
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"Although the Zimbabwe Education 1987 Act (as amended in 199) in Section 55 of X1 has provisions for the teaching of minority languages in areas where they exist, very little is actually being done. Furthermore, in Zimbabwe, there is very limited electronic broadcasting and print media which is being done in Nambya."
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1998
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Zimbabwe
-18.344098,26.459713
Hwange district, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe. Villages of Nemananga, Chikandakubi, Mbizha, Jambezi, Nekabandama, Nekatambe, Makwandala, Silewu, Lupote, Mabale.
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Liturgical booklets, dictionary
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Hwange district, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe. Villages of Nemananga, Chikandakubi, Mbizha, Jambezi, Nekabandama, Nekatambe, Makwandala, Silewu, Lupote, Mabale.
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Tonga, Ndebele, Lozi
Education, radio
"Although it was decreed that Nambya should be the language to be used as the medium of instruction in Hwange district, this decree met with immense difficulties regarding its implementation." "...[T]he language has very few published materials in it, whether it be literature- or language-related." "Although provision was made [in Zimbabwe] to broadcast Nambya on radio alongside the other official minority languages, this provision has not been utilised yet." "...Nambya is supposed to be an official minority language [in Zimbabwe]."
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
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