Mambwe-Lungu language

The Mambwe and Lungu peoples living at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and Zambia speak a common language with minor dialectical differences. Perhaps half of the Fipa people to their north speak it as a native language. When spoken by the Fipa, it is called "Fipa-Mambwe"; this is also the term for the branch of Bantu languages which includes Fipa and Mambwe-Lungu.

Mambwe
Lungu
Native to	Tanzania, Zambia
Ethnicity	Mambwe, Lungu, Fipa
Native speakers	500,000 (2002 & 2010 censuses)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Rukwa Mbozi Mwika Mambwe
Dialects	Mambwe (Ichimambwe) Cilungu/Lungu (Ichirungu, Adong) Fipa-Mambwe (Kifipa cha kimambwe)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mgr
Glottolog	mamb1296
Guthrie code	M.14–15[2]

Mambwe-Lungu is spoken by the people of Rukwa region, southern Sumbawanga town in Tanzania. The language is also spoken in Mankato, Mpulungu and Senga district of Zambia. It has close affinities with languages spoken by other Tanganyikan people like Pimbwe, Rungwa and Namwanga. ^[3]