Iwe...Wena...Bwanji...Ati?
There are over seventy languages listed historically as being spoken within the borders of Zambia. Whether this is still the case merits further investigation.
Alphabetical list of historical Zambian languages
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Ambo
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Aushi
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Bemba
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Bisa
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Chikunda
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Cishinga
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Cokwe
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Gova
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Ila
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Inamwanga
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Iwa
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Kabende
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Kaonde
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Kosa
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Kunda
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Kwandi
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Kwandu
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Kwangwa
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Lala
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Lamba
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Lenje
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Leya
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Lima
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Liyuwa
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Lozi
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Luano
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Lucazi
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Lumbu
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Lunda
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Lundwe
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Lungu
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Luunda
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Luvale
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Makoma
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Mambwe
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Mashasha
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Mashi
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Mbowe
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Mbukushu
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Mbumi
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Mbunda
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Mbwela
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Mukulu
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Mulonga
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Ndembu
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Ng'umbo
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Nkoya
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Nsenga
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Nyanja
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Nyengo
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Nyiha
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Sala
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Seba
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Senga
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Shanjo
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Shila
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Simaa
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Soli
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Subiya
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Swaka
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Tabwa
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Tambo
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Toka
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Tonga
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Totela
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Tumbuka
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Twa
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Unga
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Wandya
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Yombe
Provincial based list of historical Zambian languages
Northwestern Province
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Cokwe
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Kosa
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Kaonde
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Lamba
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Lucazi
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Lunda
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Luvale
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Mbunda
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Mbwela
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Mashasha
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Ndembu
Copperbelt Province
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Bemba
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Lamba
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Seba
Luapula Province
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Aushi
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Bemba
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Cishinga
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Kabende
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Luunda
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Ng'umbo
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Shila
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Twa
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Unga
Northern Province (New Muchinga Province and Northern Province combined)
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Bemba
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Bisa
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Inamwanga
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Iwa
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Lungu
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Mambwe
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Mukulu
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Nyiha
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Tabwa
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Wandya
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Yombe
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Central Province
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Ila
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Kaonde
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Lala
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Lima
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Lamba
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Lumbu
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Sala
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Swaka
Eastern Province
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Ambo
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Kunda
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Lala
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Nsenga
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Nyanja
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Senga
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Tambo
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Tumbuka
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Yombe
Lusaka Province
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Chikunda
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Gova
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Lenje
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Luano
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Nsenga
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Nyanja
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Sala
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Soli
Southern Province
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Ila
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Leya
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Lozi
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Lumbu
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Lundwe
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Nkoya
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Toka
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Tonga
Western Province
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Cokwe
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Kwandi
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Kwandu
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Kwangwa
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Liyuwa
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Lozi
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Makoma
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Mashi
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Mbowe
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Mbukushu
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Mbumi
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Mbunda
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Mulonga
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Nkoya
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Nyengo
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Simaa
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Shanjo
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Subiya
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Totela
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