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The Lambya are an ethnic and linguistic group based along the border of northwestern Malawi, Ileje and in Momba District of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. A minority also exists in Zambia. In 2001, the Lambya population was estimated to number about 85,000 (45,000 in Malawi and 40,000) (from a 1987 estimate)) in Tanzania.[1][2] The Lambyas in Malawi speak Lambya language mainly by elders in rural areas, but the majority as well as young people speak Chitumbuka, which is the lingua franca of the Northern and some Central parts of Malawi.
The Lambyas in Malawi are ruled by Senior Chief Mwaulambya Chieftaincy. The headquarters of the chief is in Chinunkha, Chitipa district.
- ^ Kalinga, Owen J. M. (September 1978). "The Establishment and Expansion of the Lambya Kingdom c1600-1750". African Studies Review. 21 (2): 55–66. doi:10.2307/523661. ISSN 0002-0206. JSTOR 523661. S2CID 144886221.
- ^ Kalinga, owen (1978). The Establishment and Expansion of the Lambya Kingdom c1600-1750. Cambridge University Press.