Ndamba language

{{Short description|Bantu language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Ndamba

|nativename=

|states=Tanzania

|region=Morogoro

|speakers=55,000

|date=1987

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Kilombero

|fam7=Mbunga–Ndamba

|script=Latin

|iso3=ndj

|glotto=ndam1239

|glottorefname=Ndamba

|lingua=[http://linguasphere.info/?page=linguascale&linguacode=99-AUS-ta 99-AUS-ta]

|guthrie=G.52

}}

Ndamba or "Chindamba" is classified as a Bantu language.{{Cite book|title=Tense and Aspect in Bantu|last=Nurse|first=Derek|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=9780199239290|location=United States}} It is one of 87 languages spoken in Tanzania{{Cite journal|last=Legere|first=Karsten|year=2002|title=The "Languages of Tanzania" project: background, resources, and perspectives|url=http://www.sprak.gu.se/digitalAssets/1324/1324043_the-languages-of-tanzania-project.pdf|journal=Africa & Asia|volume=2|pages=163–186}} Most Chindamba speakers are bilingual in Swahili and Chindamba.{{cite book |title=A Grammatical Sketch of Chindamba - A Bantu Language (G52) of Tanzania|last1=Edelsten |first1=Peter |last2=Lijongwa Kipandula |first2=Chiku|year=2010 |isbn=978-3-89645-706-6|page=11|publisher=Rüdiger Köppe Verlag}}

The other two languages most similar to Ndamba are Mbunga and Pogolo, because all of them belong to the same language group, which are the Kilombero languagues.Kilombero languages