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Lamba is a language found in Zambia. It is related to Bemba and is commonly spoken in the Copperbelt. There are about 210,000 native speakers in the northern parts of Zambia and southern fringes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lamba is also spoken in Lusaka, mainly because many speakers have migrated there for jobs. Lamba is a Bantu language. (In fact, mu ntu means one person in Lamba and ba ntu means two or more people. ) Depending on who does the counting, Zambia has between 42 and 78 local languages besides English – see Languages of Zambia for further details. Some people might say Lamba is a dialect of Bemba. Though the two languages share many words, they are not as close as say Cockney and Haitian Creole are to English or French. Maho (2009) lists the Lima (Bulima) and Temba varieties as distinct languages.
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Names (more)

[ar] اللامبا
[az] lamba dili
[bn] লাম্বা
[bs] lamba
[br] lamba
[bg] ламба
[ca] lamba
[cs] lambština
[cy] Lamba
[da] lamba
[de] Lamba
[el] Λάμπα
[en] Lamba language
[et] lamba
[fa] لامبا
[fi] lamba
[fr] lamba
[gu] લામ્બા
[he] למבה
[hi] लाम्बा
[hr] lamba
[hu] lamba
[id] Lamba
[is] lamba
[it] lamba
[ja] ランバ語
[kn] ಲಂಬಾ
[ks] لَمبا
[ko] 람바어
[lo] ແລມບາ
[lv] lambu
[lt] lamba
[ml] ലംബ
[mr] लाम्बा
[mk] ламба
[mt] Lamba
[nl] Lamba
[nn] lamba
[nb] lamba
[or] ଲାମ୍ବା
[pl] lamba
[pt] lamba
[rm] lamba
[ro] lamba
[ru] Ламба
[sk] lamba
[sl] lamba
[es] Lamba
[sr] Ламба
[sv] lamba
[ta] லம்பா
[te] లాంబా
[th] แลมบา
[tr] Lamba
[uk] Ламба
[vi] Tiếng Lamba

Language type : Living

Language resources for Lamba

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ISO 639 Codes

ISO 639-2B : lam
ISO 639-2T : lam
ISO 639-3 : lam

Linked Data URIs

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/lam
http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:lam
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lam

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Sources

Authority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: lam

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