Tumbuka (Chitumbuka)
Tumbuka is written in the Latin script, spoken by about 2.2M people across 2 regions.
Alphabet (54)
AU+0041BU+0042CU+0043DU+0044EU+0045FU+0046GU+0047HU+0048IU+0049JU+004AKU+004BLU+004CMU+004DNU+004EOU+004FPU+0050QU+0051RU+0052SU+0053TU+0054UU+0055VU+0056WU+0057ŴU+0174XU+0058YU+0059ZU+005AaU+0061bU+0062cU+0063dU+0064eU+0065fU+0066gU+0067hU+0068iU+0069jU+006AkU+006BlU+006CmU+006DnU+006EoU+006FpU+0070qU+0071rU+0072sU+0073tU+0074uU+0075vU+0076wU+0077ŵU+0175xU+0078yU+0079zU+007A
Combining marks (1)
Unicode blocks used
Where it's spoken
Malawi, South Africa
Notes
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.