Kamba language

Kamba, or Kikamba, is a Bantu language spoken by millions of Kamba people, primarily in Kenya, as alive as thousands of people in Uganda, Tanzania, as well as elsewhere. In Kenya, Kamba is generally spoken in four counties: Machakos, Kitui, Makueni, together with Kwale. a Machakos dialect is considered the standard variety and has been used in translation. The other major dialect is Kitui.

Kamba has lexical similarities to other Bantu languages such as Kikuyu, Meru, and Embu.

The Swedish National Museums of World Culture holds field recordings of kamba language introduced by Swedish ethnographer Gerhard Lindblom in 1911–12. Lindblom used phonograph cylinders to record songs along with other means of documentation in writing and photography. He also gathered objects, and later produced his throw in The Akamba in British East Africa 1916.