Al’umar Chamba babbar ƙabila ce a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Chamba suna tsakanin Najeriya da Kamaru a yanzu. Makwabta mafi kusa da Chamba su ne Mumuye, da kuma mutanen Jukun da Kutep. A Kamaru, magadan Leko da masu magana da chamba sun kasu zuwa jihohi da yawa: Bali Nyonga, Bali Kumbat, Bali-Gham, Bali-Gangsin, da Bali-Gashu . Mutanen Basari na Togo da Ghana suma suna da suna Chamba, amma suna da ƙabila daban-daban. Ana gano Chamba ta hanyar yarensu, imaninsu, al'adunsu, da kuma fasaharsu. Mutanen Chamba, wanda aka fi sani da Samba, Tchamba, Tsamba, Daka da Chamba-Ndagan, ƙabilun Afirka ne da aka samo a cikin Jihar Gongola da ke gabashin tsakiyar Najeriya da wasu sassan maƙwabta na arewacin Kamaru . Suna magana da yarukan da suke da nasaba da juna: Chamba Leko, na yarukan Leko – Nimbari, da Chamba Daka, na yarukan Dakoid, dukkansu kuma yaren Nego-Congo ne. Boyd ya ce “Masu magana da harshen Chamba Leko sun takaita ne a yankin gabashin yankin na tsakiya, galibi a kan yankin Kamaru na iyakar zamani.