Kimbu language

Kimbu is a Bantu language of Tanzania. In 1992, use of Kimbu was declining but still in regular use in certain contexts.^[3] As of 2018, most children of Kimbu speakers learn Swahili as a first language, and do not learn Kimbu well.^[4]

Kimbu
Kikimbu
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Kimbu
Native speakers	(78,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Takama Nyamwezic Kimbu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kiv
Glottolog	kimb1242
Guthrie code	F.24[2]