Nyamwezi language
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Nyamwezi | |
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Region | Tanzania |
Ethnicity | Nyamwezi |
Native speakers
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1.0 million (2006)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | nym |
ISO 639-3 | Either: nym – Nyamwezi kcz – Konongo |
Glottolog | nyam1276 (Nyamwezi)[2]kono1265 (Konongo)[3] |
F.22 [4] |
Nyamwezi is a major Bantu language of central Tanzania. It forms a dialect continuum with Sukuma, but is more distinct from other neighboring languages.
References
- ↑ Nyamwezi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Konongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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