Rombo language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Tanzania}} {{Infobox language |name=Rombo |nativename={{lang|rof|Kirombo}} |states=[[Tanzania]] |region=Kilimanjaro Region, Chaga area |speakers={{sigfig|202,000|2}} |date=2009 |ref=e25 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam6=[[Northeast Bantu]] |fam7=Chaga–Taita |fam8=[[Chaga languages|Chaga]] |iso3=rof |glotto=romb1244 |glottorefname=Rombo |guthrie=E.623 (ex-E.62c) }}

The '''Rombo language''', or '''''Kirombo''''', is a [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language of [[Tanzania]] spoken by the [[Chaga people|Rombos]] in the area of the [[Kilimanjaro]] region. Rombo forms a [[dialect continuum]] with other [[Chaga languages]].

== Dialects == The dialects of Rombo are Useri (Kiseri), Mashati (Kimashati), Mkuu (Kimkuu), Mengwe (Kimengwe), and Kimahida; Kiseri is said to be the original form of the Rombo language.<ref name="Guthrie"/>

==See also== * [[Tanzania]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.dictionarybuilders.org/Rombo Rombo dictionary]

{{Languages of Tanzania}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rombo Language}} [[Category:Languages of Tanzania]] [[Category:Chaga languages]] {{Bantu-lang-stub}}