Tumbuka also known as Chitumbuka or Citumbuka or Tamboka or Tambuka or Tumboka is a language spoken in Rumphi, Mzuzu, and Mzimba districts in Nothern Malawi by the ŵaTumbuka|Batumbuka|Tumbuka people.
Tumbuka language has approximately 7,000,000 native speakers.
The language has 12 dialects; Chikamanga, Fililwa, Fungwe, Hewe, Kandawire, Nenya, Ngoni, Nthali, Phoka, Senga, Wenya and Yombe.
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Every day, new words shape our world - from artificial intelligence to blockchain, from climate change to social media.
While languages like English grow and adapt, what about Tumbuka?
How do we explain quantum computing in Tumbuka?
What's the word for 'cryptocurrency'?
Without action today, how will future generations express tomorrow's ideas in Tumbuka?
If not you, who will keep Tumbuka alive?
If not now, when will we start?
If not here, where will it happen?
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