Atlantic-Congo · East Africa

Tumbuka

Not endangered

Tumbuka is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3tum
Glottocodetumb1250

Spoken in Malawi · Zambia

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Tumbuka.

  1. Tonga (Nyasa)

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. Barwe

    Threatened
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. Chikunda

    Threatened
    Wordlist or less

  4. Dema

    Threatened
    Wordlist or less

  5. Malawi Sena

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  6. Mwera (Nyasa)

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

  7. Nyanja

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  8. Nyungwe

    Not endangered
    Grammar

Reference data for Tumbuka from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)