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Zambia has several major indigenous languages, [1] all members of the Bantu family, as well as Khwedam, Zambian Sign Language, several immigrant languages and the pidgins Settla and Fanagalo. English is the official language and the major language of business and education.
In Zambia Tonga is taught in schools as first language in the whole of Southern Province, Lusaka and Central Provinces. The language is a member of the Bantu Botatwe group and is classified as M64 by Guthrie. Despite similar names, Zambian Tonga is not closely related to the Tonga of Malawi (N15) or the Tonga language of Mozambique (Gitonga: S62).
Bemba is one of the spoken languages in Zambia, spoken by many people who live in urban areas, and is one of Zambia's seven recognized regional languages. Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda , though Malawian by descent, was raised in a Bemba-speaking community, and two of the four Zambian presidents since have been Bemba-speakers.
From there, the people migrated into what is now Northwestern Zambia. This group of people called their language kiiKaonde. Speakers of other Bantu languages use the prefix "chi" other than "kii" to refer to this language. Just like any other tribe in Zambia, Kaondes are ruled by the traditional leaders. The following are the chiefs of the ...
Lozi, sometimes written as Rotse, and its dialects are spoken and understood by approximately six per cent of the population of Zambia. Silozi is the endonym (the name of the language used by its native speakers) as defined by the United Nations. Lozi is the exonym.
Mass media by language of Zambia (1 C) N. Ngoni language (1 C, 1 P) T. Tonga language (1 C) Tumbuka language (2 C, 2 P) Tumbuka-Senga language (1 C)
Zambia is officially a "Christian nation" under the 1996 constitution, but recognizes and protects freedom of religion. [97] Zambia is the only African nation to designate Christianity as a state religion. [98] The Zambia Statistics Agency estimates that 95.5% of Zambians are Christian, with 75.3% Protestant and 20.2% Roman Catholic. [99]
In Eastern Zambia, Chitumbuka is spoken in the districts of Lumezi, Chasefu, Lundazi and Chama (Senga dialect). [7] In Southern Tanzania, it is spoken in Mbeya and Njombe districts that share boundary with Northern Malawi. [4] Senga (also called Tumbuka-Senga) is a dialect of Tumbuka [8] spoken in Zambia's Chama district and surrounding areas ...