Sambaa also known as Shambala or Kisambaa or Kishambaa or Kishambala or Sambala or Sambara or Schambala or Shambaa is a language spoken in Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of northern Tanzania by the Shambaa people.
Sambaa language has approximately 1,000,000 native speakers.
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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 Sambaa?
How do we explain quantum computing in Sambaa?
What's the word for 'cryptocurrency'?
Without action today, how will future generations express tomorrow's ideas in Sambaa?
If not you, who will keep Sambaa alive?
If not now, when will we start?
If not here, where will it happen?
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