Turu | |
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Nyaturu | |
Spoken in | Tanzania |
Ethnicity | Turu |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2006) |
Language family |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rim |
Tυrυ | |
person | Mυnyatυrυ, Mυrιmi |
people | Wanyatυrυ, Arιmi |
language | Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi |
country | Unyatυrυ, Urιmi |
The Turu or Nyaturu language, Kinyaturu, also known as Rimi Kirimi, is a Bantu language of spoken by the Wanyaturu aka Arimi of the Singida region of Tanzania. Excluding the Bantu language prefixes Ke- and Ki-, other spellings of the language are Limi and Remi. Dialects of the three Turu tribes are Girwana of the Airwana (Wilwana), Chahi of the Vahi (Wahi), and Ginyamunyinganyi of the Anyiŋanyi (Wanyinganyi).