Iramba language

{{Infobox language

|name=Iramba

|nativename=Nilamba

|speakers=682,000

|date=2016

|ref={{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/nim|title=Nilamba|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2018-08-14|language=en}}

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu

|fam8=Nyaturu-Nilamba-Isanzu

|iso3=nim

|glotto=nila1242

|glottorefname=Nilamba

|guthrie=F.31

|notice=IPA

}}

Iramba, also known as Nilamba (there is no distinction between {{IPA|[ɾ]}} and {{IPA|[l]}}) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nilamba and Iambi people of the Iramba District in the Singida Region of Tanzania.

The 50,000 Iambi speak a slightly divergent dialect, sometimes listed as a distinct language. On the other hand, the Isanzu language is sometimes included as a dialect.

Name variants

Forms of the name occur with and without the prefix ni- or i-, as well as iki- (Swahili ki-) as the noun-class prefix for 'language', and variation of r ~ l ~ ly in the root. This results in many superficial variants, including Nilamba, Niramba, Nilyamba, Nyilamba, Ikinilamba, Ikiniramba, Ilamba, Iramba, Kinilamba, Kiniramba; there is also Nilambari.

References

External links

[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\bco\bnf&limit=-1 Nilamba basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]

Category:Languages of Tanzania

Category:Northeast Bantu languages