Turu people

Tυrυ
 person  Mυnyatυrυ, Mυrιmi
 people  Wanyatυrυ, Arιmi
 language  Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi
 country  Unyatυrυ, Urιmi

The Turu (Arimi, Wanyaturu) are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Singida Region of north-central Tanzania who speak the Bantu Kinyaturu. In 1993 the Turu population was estimated to number 556,000 [1].

Arimi (the people of Rimi) is the original endonym. Wanyaturu (the people of Nyaturu) is replacing it, reflecting Swahili contact; indeed, the prefix wa- is Swahili rather than the Turu a-.

The Turu people comprise three tribes, the Airwana (Wilwana), half the Turu population, including the city of Singida; the Vahi (Wahi), and the small Anyiŋanyi (Wanyinganyi). Each tribe is composed of several clans, such as the Anyahatι and Akahiυ of the Wahi.