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Mbamba Bay language

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Mwera
Nyasa
Native toTanzania
Native speakers
6,000 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mjh
Glottologmwer1247
N.201[2]

The language spoken along the shores of Mbamba Bay of Lake Malawi, variously (and ambiguously) known as Mwera or Nyasa, is a poorly attested Bantu language of Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ Mwera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online