Table 5: Predominant Language Groups, 1980 – 2000 Percentage of Total Population 1980 1990 39.7 39.7 13.3 14.8 7.7 8.8 8.0 7.5 19.0 20.1 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.7 4.6 1.1 1.4 0.8 100.0 100.0 5,226,895 7,001,936 Language group Bemba Tonga North-Western Barotse Nyanja Mambwe Tumbuka English Other Total Percent Total Population 2000 38.5 13.9 7.7 6.9 20.6 3.2 3.2 1.7 4.3 100.0 8,702,932 Source: CSO Census of Population and Housing Report, 2000 Table 6: Predominant Language of Communication Bemba Predominant Language of Communication by Province, 2000 Total Central Copperbelt Eastern Luapula Lusaka Northern NorthWestern Southern Western 0.4 30.1 25.4 69.4 1.1 56.6 14.5 55.3 2.0 2.8 Lala 2.0 17.1 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 Bisa 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.1 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lamba 1.9 2.5 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 Tonga 10.6 12.0 1.1 0.1 0.0 4.6 0.1 0.3 69.8 0.3 Lenje 1.4 11.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 Ila 0.8 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.8 0.0 Luvale Lunda (N/Western) 1.7 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 19.3 0.6 4.4 2.2 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 33.9 0.1 0.4 Kaonde 2.0 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 27.1 0.1 0.4 Lozi 5.7 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 1.8 0.1 0.7 5.0 60.0 Chewa 4.9 0.6 0.4 33.8 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 Nsenga 3.4 0.9 0.6 20.6 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 Ngoni 1.2 0.5 0.3 6.6 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 Nyanja 10.7 8.6 1.1 9.6 0.1 52.8 0.2 0.3 5.5 0.4 Lungu 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mambwe 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 8.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 Namwanga 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 8.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 Tumbuka 2.5 0.3 0.7 14.8 0.0 0.9 2.4 0.0 0.2 Senga 0.6 0.1 0.1 4.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 English 1.7 0.9 2.5 0.2 0.1 6.6 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.2 Others Total Percent Total Population 12.6 13.4 9.4 7.2 42.7 8.8 12.7 13.9 9.5 33.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 8,702,932 890,370 1,439,298 1,134,948 674,049 1,259,258 1,088,565 500,939 1,051,663 663,842 Source: CSO, Census of Population and Housing National Analytical Report, 2000 17