Jump to content

Rombo language

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Kirombo Language)
Rombo
Kirombo
Native toTanzania
RegionKilimanjaro Region, Chaga area
Native speakers
200,000 (2009)[1]
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3rof
Glottologromb1244
E.623 (ex-E.62c)[2]

The Rombo language, or Kirombo, is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by the Rombos in the area of the Kilimanjaro region. Rombo forms a dialect continuum with other Chaga languages.

The dialects of Rombo are Useri (Kiseri), Mashati (Kimashati), Mkuu (Kimkuu), Mengwe (Kimengwe), and Kimahida; Kiseri is said to be the original form of the Rombo language.[2]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Rombo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
[edit]