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Fipa is a Bantu language of Tanzania. It is spoken by the Fipa people, who live on the Ufipa plateau in the Rukwa Region of
South West Tanzania between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa. The ethnic group of the Fipa people is larger than the group of
Fipa language speakers. On the Tanzanian side, people who speak Mambwe-Lungu may identify as Fipa and consider their language
to be a dialect of Fipa. Lungu and Mambwe are also spoken in Zambia where they are considered languages and their speakers
are considered to be ethnic groups in their own right, although linguists consider Lungu and Mambwe to be dialects of a single
language. There are three dialects: Milanzi (also referred to as IchiSukuuma), Kwa (Ichikwa) and Nkansi. Maho (2009) classifies
M.131 Kulwe (Kuulwe, no ISO code) as closest to Fipa. Otherwise the dialects are Milanzi (Fipa-Sukuma, Icisukuuma), South
Fipa, Kandaasi (Icikandaasi), Siiwa (Icisiiwa), Nkwaamba (Icinkwaamba), Kwa (Icikwa), Kwaafi (Icikwaafi), Ntile (Icintile,
Cile), Peemba (Icipeemba). |
Names (more)[en] Fipa language[pl] Język fipa [sw] Kifipa |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : fipLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/fiphttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:fip More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: fipFreebase ISO 639-3 : fip GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |