Ndali

NDH

vigorous

Alternate Names: Chindali, Cindali, Icindali, Ici-Ndali, Kindali, Ndari

Dialects: Sukwa.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
M
Nyakyusa-Ngonde (M.301)

Demographics: 150,000 in Tanzania (1987), increasing. Population total all countries: 220,000.

Language Use: Vigorous. Most domains. All ages. Very positive attitudes. Also use Swahili [swh].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%. SIL has transition literacy work (Swahili to Ndali). Bible portions: 2010–2013.

Typology: SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; noun classes; verbal affixation for subject, object, tense, aspect, mood, and derivation; 19 consonant phonemes; 10 vowel phonemes; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Tanzania

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.