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Zambia has 72 languages and dialects. Most of these might be better regarded as dialects. All of Zambia’s vernacular languages are members of the Bantu family and are closely related to one another. Seven of them were officially recognised as regional languages and they still have this official status. Together these represent the major languages of each province:
- Bemba (Northern Province, Luapula, Muchinga and the Copperbelt)
- Nyanja (Lusaka)
- Lozi (Western Province)
- Tonga and Lozi (Southern Province), and
- Kaonde, Luvale and Lunda (Northwestern Province).
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