Shambala

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This article is about the language. For the Tibetan Buddhist mystical kingdom see Shambhala.

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A Bantu language of Tanzania

Overview

Shambala, also Kishambala, (ki)Sambaa, (ki)Shambaa is spoken by the Shambala people in the Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of northern Tanzania. Some dialectal variation exists between the language as spoken in the area around Lushoto and the areas around Mlalo and Mtae, possibly also between the Shambala of the Western Usambara Mountains and the Eastern Usambara Mountains.