Chiyowoyero cha Chimambwe-Lungu

ChiMambwe
Lungu
Native to	Tanzania, Zambia
Ethnicity	Mambwe, Lungu, Fipa
Native speakers	500,000 (2002 & 2010 censuses)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Rukwa Mbozi Mwika ChiMambwe
Dialects	Mambwe (Ichimambwe) Cilungu/Lungu (Ichirungu, Adong) Fipa-Mambwe (Kifipa cha kimambwe)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mgr
Glottolog	mamb1296
Guthrie code	M.14–15

Ŵanthu ŵa mtundu wa Mambwe na Lungu awo ŵakukhala kumwera kwa Nyanja ya Tanganyika ku Tanzania na Zambia ŵakuyowoya chiyowoyero chimoza. Panyake hafu ya ŵanthu ŵa ku Fipa awo ŵakukhala kumpoto kwawo ŵakuyowoya ciyowoyero ici. Para ŵanthu ŵa ciyowoyero ici ŵakuyowoya ciyowoyero ici ŵakucicemaso kuti "Fipa-Mambwe".

Chiyowoyero cha Mambwe chikuyowoyeka na ŵanthu awo ŵakukhala mu chigaŵa cha Rukwa, kumwera kwa tawuni ya Sumbawanga. Chiyowoyero ichi ntcha chiyowoyero chimoza mwa viyowoyero vitatu ivyo ŵanthu ŵa ku Rukwa ŵakuyowoya. Ŵanthu ŵa mu chigaŵa ichi ŵakuyowoya viyowoyero vya Fipa, Mambwe na Kinyiha. Chiyowoyero cha Mambwe chikayowoyeka ku Fipa kweni pali mphambano umo mazgu ghanyake ghakumanyikwa pakati pa awo ŵakuyowoya viyowoyero ivi. Chiyowoyero cha Mambwe chikayowoyeka mu vigaŵa vinyake vya Zambia nga chiyowoyero chawo nangauli ŵakupambana mu umo ŵakuyowoyera. Chiyowoyero ichi chikukolerana na viyowoyero vya Mwanga, Bemba, Kaonde Nyakyusa na Lambya.

Mabuku

• Halemba, Andrzej. 2005. Religious and Ethical Values in the Proverbs of the Mambwe People (Zambia). Vol. 1. Poland.
• Werner, A. and A. N. Tucker. 1940. Mambwe Proverbs. Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies 10.2 (1940), pp. 455-467.

External links

• small Mambwe–English dictionary