found: Ethnologue:p. 326 (Shambala (KiShambala, KiShambaa, KiSambaa, Sambaa, Shambaa, Sambala, Sambara, Schambala) Spoken in Usambara Mountains and in Tanga Province of Tanzania. Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Congo, Bantoid, Bantu, Central, G. Shambala)
found: Fivaz. African langs, 1977:p. 58 (kiShambaa (Shambala, Sambala, Sambara, Sambaa, Schambala); under Shambala Group)
found: Bryan, M.A. Bantu langs. of Africa, 1959:p. 122, under Shambaa Group; Shambaa (ki-); variants Shambala, Sambaa, Sambara, Schambala, etc.)