Nsenga language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Zambia and Mozambique}}

{{more footnotes|date=February 2025}}

{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the Senga language, a dialect of the Tumbuka language.}}{{Infobox language

|name=Nsenga

|nativename={{lang|nse|Chinsenga}}

|states=Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

|region=

|speakers={{sigfig|603,000|2}} in Zambia and Mozambique

|date=2006 – 2010 census

|ref=e18

|speakers2=16,000 in Zimbabwe (1969)

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=East Bantu

|fam7=Sabi

|lc1=nse |ld1=Nsenga

|lc2=phm |ld2=Phimbi

|guthrie=N.41

|lingua=[http://linguasphere.info/?page=linguascale&linguacode=99-AUS-xf 99-AUS-xf] incl. varieties 99-AUS-xfa...-xfc

|glotto=nsen1242

|glottoname=Nsenga

|glotto2=phim1238

|glottoname2=Phimbi

}}

Nsenga, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Mozambique, occupying an area on the plateau that forms the watershed between the Zambezi and Luangwa river systems and Western Malawi land overshadowing Kachebere mountain called Mchinji. The language is part of the Sabi family of languages.{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 5.1 - Nsenga |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nsen1242 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=glottolog.org}}