id: "tum_Latn"
language: "tum"
script: "Latn"
name: "Tumbuka"
autonym: "Chitumbuka"
population: 2170000
region: "MW"
region: "ZA"
exemplar_chars {
  base: "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Ŵ X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w ŵ x y z"
  marks: "◌̂"
}
source: "Centre for Language Studies, The orthography of Citumbuka, Blantyre, E+V Publications, 2005"
source: "Jean Josephine Chavula, Verbal derivation and valency in Citumbuka, Utrecht: LOT, 2016 "
note: "Malawi 2018 census has 1,615,000 Tumbuka. Zambia 2010 census has 290,000 Tumbuka speakers, 79,500 Senga speakers and 2,000 Yombe speakers, and national population increased by 49.8% in the 2022 census."