Lenje is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The t ...

of central

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

. The Lukanga dialect is spoken by the

Lukanga Twa The Twa of the Lukanga Swamp of Zambia are one of several fishing and hunter-gatherer castes living in a patron–client relationship with farming Bantu peoples across central and southern Africa. The Lukanga Twa live primarily among the Lenje, a ...

Pygmies, fishermen of the

Lukanga Swamp Lukanga Swamp is a major wetland in the Central Province of Zambia, about 50 km west of Kabwe.Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000 Its permanently swampy area consists of a roughly circular are ...

. Alternate names for the language are Chilenje, Chinamukuni, Ciina, Ciina Mukuni, Lengi, Lenji, and Mukuni.

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External links

* * *Rev. S. Luwisha,
Mukulilacoolwe
'' Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 4, 2014. *Dorothea Lehmann,
Folktales from Zambia: Texts in six African languages and in English
'' Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 3, 2014.
OLAC resources in and about the Lenje language
Languages of Zambia Botatwe languages Library of Congress Africa Collection related {{Bantu-lang-stub