A Morphological Analysis of Tense in Mambwe Language

Guthrie (1948) classifies Mambwe as M15. The language is spoken in Mbala and Senga districts Northern Province of Zambia. Nurse Philipson (1999) have characterized originating from Fipa Southern Tanzania. paper outlines the rules governing tense categorization evaluates verbal structure language. study employed qualitative approach elicitation methodology to collect data. Using descriptive Lexical Morphology (LM) theoretical underpinnings, article identifies forms or categories their respective structures shows that attested by other Bantu languages terms present, past future tenses with corresponding progressive counterparts.