Sambaa
Sambaa may be: * Shambaa people * Shambala language Shambala or Shambaa is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Overview Shambala, also Kishambala, (ki)Sambaa, (ki)Shambaa is spoken by the Shambaa people, Shambaa in the Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of nor ...

Shambaa People
The Shambaa people, also called the Sambaa, Shambala, Sambala or Sambara (''Wasambaa'' in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group. Their ancestral home is on the Usambara Mountains of Lushoto District, Bumbuli District. They are native to the valleys and eastern Usambara Mountains of Korogwe District, Korogwe Urban District and western Muheza District of northern Tanga Region of Tanzania.Katariina Vainio-Mattila (2000)Wild vegetables used by the Sambaa in the Usambara Mountains, NE Tanzania Annales Botanici Fennici, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2000), pages 57-67 The word ''Shamba'' means "farm", and these people live in one of the most fertile Tanzanian region. In 2001, the Shambaa population was estimated to number 664,000. Language The Shambaa people speak the ''Shambala'' language, also known as Kisambaa, Kishambaa, Kishambala, Sambaa, Sambala, Sambara, Schambala, Shambaa. ''Kishambaa'' is the Sambaa word for the Shambala language, ''Wasambaa'' are the people (''Msambaa'' for a person), ...
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