Nyamwezi language

Nyamwezi
Region Tanzania
Ethnicity Nyamwezi
Native speakers
1.0 million (2006)[1]
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

  1. Nyamwezi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Konongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nyamwezi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Konongo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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