The Rombo language, or Kirombo, is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Rombos in the area of the Kilimanjaro region. Rombo forms a dialect continuum with other Chaga languages.
Rombo | |
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Kirombo | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Region | Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2009)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Unwritten | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rof |
Glottolog | romb1244 |
E.623 (ex-E.62c) [2] |
The dialects of Rombo are Useri (Kiseri), Mashati (Kimashati), Mkuu (Kimkuu), Mengwe (Kimengwe), and Kimahida; Kiseri is said to be the original form of the Rombo language.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rombo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online